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MEMORIAL  SERMON, 


-DELIVERED    ON    THE 


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NINETIETH  ANNIVERSARY 


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{[GANIZjlTlON  OF  BeTHEL  CHURCH, 


IN  FAYETTE  COUNTY,  KENTUCKY, 


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9211 

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G46 

1880 


By  Rev.  W.  Gli01[GE, 


-i'KINTED    BV- 


5wi"^'   ^"  ^  J'  ^'  McCHESNEY. 


Paris,  Ky  ,  1880. 


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George,  William, 
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IN    FAYETTE  COUNTY,    KENTUCKY. 


B^S-     REV.    'W-    GEOPIG^E. 


I'KINTEU    BY 

K.  L.  &  J.  R.  MCCHESNEV 
Paris,  Ky.,  1880. 


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HkV.    W.    (iKOKGE: 

Dedf  Brother — The  undei-isigned  uiemliers  oi  the  Session  of  Bethel 
("hiiit'h  having  heard  with  botli  i)leasLiie  and  profit  your  very  excellent 
Memorial  Sermon  delivered  in  our  church  on  the  18th  of  July,  1879,  and 
feeling  assured  that  the  facts,  dates,  names  and  incidents  brought  out  in 
the  review  of  ninety  years  past  are  linlted  with  precious  associations  in  the 
minds  of  the  present  generation,  and  believing  that  the  preservation  of 
these  in  a  more  permanent  form  would  be  beneficial  to  the  interests  of  the 
cliurch  and  tlie  Cv>nimunity,  do,  on  their  own  behalf,  and  also  on  behalf 
(»f  the  congicgation,  eanu>tly  desire  a  copy  of  the  same  for  publication. 

Fraternally, 

(iLA8S  MARSHALL, 
JOEL  H.  MAHVIN, 
i'AJRICK  DOLAX, 
ROBERT  MARSHALL. 
Done  liy  oi'der  <.f  Session.  Decemlier  lifSth,  1879. 

(i.  Mahsuai.j.,  ("leik  of  Session. 


To  Messrs.  (i.  Marshall,  V.  Dolan,  J.  H.  Marvin  and  Robert  Marshall: 

Dear  Brethren  —As  the  Memorial  Sermon  (of  which  you  have  asked  a 
('  )py  f.)r  pul)lication.  and  have  also  generou,sly  contributed  the  funds 
neee.ssary  to  that  end)  was  prepared  .s'o/cV//  for  the  edification  of  the 
surviving  members  of  Bethel  Cliurch,  it  is  hereby  submitted  to  you, 
trusting  tliat,  under  the  ble.ssing  of  God,  it  may  be  an  incentive  to  the 
members  and  office-bearers  of  the  chur.-h  in  the  di.scharge  of  their 
re.speetive  duties. 

Fraternally, 

^^  .  GEORGE. 
Lk.x:ix(}Ton,  Kentucky,  December  :29th,  1879. 


MEMORIAL  SERMON. 


Text— Gen.  28:19:  "And  he  called  the  name  of  that  place  Bethel." 

This  day  is  to  us  one  of  profound  solemnity.  We  turn  aside  from  the 
ordinary  services  to  commemorate  the  mercies  of  God  vouchsafed  to  this 
church  and  people,  from  generation  to  generation,  through  a  i^eriod  of 
ninety  j'ears. 

AYe  desire  to  make  this  service  expressive  of  our  thankfulness  to  God 
for  His  past  mercies,  and  to  tell  our  children  what  the  God  of  our  Fathers 
has  done  "in  the  times  of  old,"  so  that  they  in  turn  may  tell  to  others 
who  are  to  follow  them,  the  wonderful  mercies  of  God  continued. 

In  attempting  to  take  a  retrospective  and  rapid  review  of  God's  dealings 
with  this  church  and  people  during  the  ninety  years  of  its  existence,  I  feel 
the  embarrassment  common  to  all  who  undertake  such  a  task,  for  at  the 
very  outset  I  am  reminded  of  tlie  fact,  that,  as  a  historian,  I  am  not  at 
liberty  to  draw  from  the  storehouse  of  fancy,  nor  to  indulge  in  j^oetic 
imagination,  nor  to  borrow  the  foiscinating  arts  which  impart  interest  to  a 
theme.  All  these  tempting  embellishments  must  be  sacrificed  for  the 
sake  of  truth,  and  a  rigid  adlierence  to  this  must  be  maintained  in 
de  aJHng  facts  or  incidents,  as  they  relate  to  and  influence  each  other. 

There  is  no  section  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  on  the  American 
continent  wliose  history  has  been  more  interesting  or  more  eventful  than 
that  planted  in  Kentucky  by  the  early  pioneers.  Their  elevated  and 
indomitable  spirit,  their  love  of  liberty,  both  civil  and  religious,  is  traced 
back  tlirough  Pennsylvania  and  the  Valley  of  Virginia,  across  the  broad 
0  3ean  to  the  north  of  Ireland  and  to  the  heath-clad  hills  of  Scotland, 
wliere  the  heroic  few  stood  up  against  fearful  odds  and  maintained  with 
unflinch!u;  courage  "C'Ar/.s/'.s  Croirn  and  Coicncnt.'^ 


0  BETHICL   C'lIUKCir- -MEMORIAL  SKKMON. 


Three  generations  a^o  the  the  silence  of  what  was  then  a  tangled 
wilderne'ss  was  hroken  only  hy  the  howl  of  tlie  wild  beast  or  the  wai'- 
whoop  of  the  red  savage.  The  dark  forests,  the  impenetrable  canebrakes 
and  thickets  were  stoutly  disputing  with  men  armed  with  the  axe,  the 
rifle  and  flreltrand  their  right  to  the  virgin  soil. 

'  Gradually,  but  sullenly  anil  reluctantly,  the  Indian  began  his  retreat 
before  advancing  civilization,  fighting  his  way  towards  the  more  remote 
hunting  grounils.  The  intercourse  of  these  early  settlers  with  the  remote 
Eastern  states  was  conducted  in  .a  slow,  primitive  style.  Then  the 
merchants  rode  on  horseback  to  Philadelphia,  carrying  theia-  money 
in  saddle-bugs,  toiling  weary  days  and  nights  through  the  forests  and 
along  tlie  rugged  sides  of  the  AUeghenies,  ontent  to  make  their  journey 
in  tliirty  days,  and  wait  patiently  thirty  or  forty  more  for  their  wares  and 
merchandise,  transported  on  pack  mules,  winding  their  way  through  l>y- 
paths  and  blazed  roads. 

Jiut  now,  where  once  the  red  man  built  his  council  tires  and  danced 
to  his  war-song,  that  wiklerness  has:  been  reclaimed  and  made  to  blossom 
as  the  rose.  Where  once  stood  the  majestic  forest,  now  stands  the  stately 
edifice  where  God  is  warshi])ped,  the  Bible  read  and  truth  proclaimed. 

Amidst  such  privations  and  such  perils,  antl  under  such  circumstances, 
your  forefathers  laid  the  broad  and  deep  foundiitions  of  all  the  civil,  social 
and  religious  privileges  we  this  day  enjoy.  Hence,  the  age  in  which  we 
live  is  itself  a  product  of  the  past.  Our  freedom,  our  religion,  our  social 
institutions,  our  forms  of  i)olity,  civil  and  ecclesiastical,  are  all  a  heritage 
from  the  mighty  past,  and  tliereK)re  this  rai)id  and  hasty  review. 

ORtJANIZATIOX. 

As  near  as  can  be  now  a.scertained,  Betljcl  ( 'iuirch  was  organized  in  the 
year,  17.S9,  by  11 'V.  8amuel  Shannon,  a  gi'aduate  of  Princeton  College, 
New  Jer.sey,  and  a  member  of  Tran.sylvania  Presbytery. 

Owing  to  the  fact  that  the  early  Records  of  the  church  from  the  year 
ITS!)  to  tlie  year  1818,  a  period  of  twenty-nine  years,  were  lost,  many 
interesting  incidents  connected  with  the  early  liistory  of  this  church 
cannot  now  be  reproduced.  Even  the  names  of  the  original  office-bearers 
and  members  cannot   now  be  stated  witli  acu'uracy. 

I{KOR(}ANIZATIOX. 

At  what  may  be  ttymed  the  reorganization  of  the  church,  in  the  year 
1822,  there  are  sevei-al  interesting  incidents  and  instructive  facts  recorded 
in  the  Session  Hook  of  tins  cluu'cli,  from  which  I  make  the  following 
extrac.'ts: 

In  the  fall  of  1.S22  Rev.  Rob-rt  Marshall  drew  up  the  following  article 
or  covi'iiant  as  though  a  new  organization  was  then  effected: 


BETHEL   CHURCH- MEMORIAL  SERMON. 


"Whereas,  The  congregation  at  Bethel  has,  in  a  great  measure,  for  five 
years,  last  past,  been  scarcely  in  a  state  of  regular  organization,  being  a 
considerable  part  of  the  time  without  a  suitable  house  of  public  worship; 
almost  without  Ruling  Elders,  wholly  without  Records  and  a  list  of  its 
members,  and, 

■'Wherkas,  God,  in  His  good  Providence  towards  us,  has  put  it  into 
our  power  to  build  a  house  for  His  worship,  which  is  now  in  a  commend- 
able srate  of  forwardness,  therefore,  we,  whose  names  are  hereunto  an- 
nexed, being  members  of  said  congregation,  in  full  communion,  do  hereby 
again  associate  anew  and  join  ourselves  together,  with  our  families,  to  be 
known,  as  heretofore,  by  the  name  of  Bethel  congregation,  and  we  promise 
subjection  in  the  L  )rd  to  tJie  regular  officers  th.it  are,  or  may  be  appointed 
and  ordaincil  over  us,  to  study  the  peace,  pur^jty  and  harmony  of  the 
church; 

'^'■Ji^Coreoyer,  We  will  attend  with  our  families  to  the  Word  preached 
and  ordinonees  duly  administered,  while  we  live  in  the  bounds  of  said 
congregation,  and  Gj(1  shall  give  us  opportunity,  and  bear  a  proportional 
part  of  the  nece.ssary  expense  attending  the  house  and  worship  of  God, 
and  we  will  not  foisake  the  house  of  our  God." 

Tills  paper  was  subscribed  by  the  following  members,  then   in  full  com- 
munion: 
Rjv    K)bfrt  Mirshall,     Wm.  Irwhi,  (R.  E.J 


R  )bert  >Steveiison, 
Jane  Officer. 
Collier  Duncan, 
James  Vance, 
Ann  Rusk, 
James  McConnell, 
James  Dougherty, 
Mrs.  Irwin, 
Martha  INIorris, 
Mary  Ijogan, 
^Vidow  Scroggins, 
8arah  I^yle, 
Thos.  Diuwiddie,  (R.E 
Widow  liOgan, 


Mrs.  Stevenson, 
(Samuel  Laird,  (R.  E) 
Kitty  Duncan, 
Jane  Vanc3, 
Thomas  Kenney, 
Sarah  jSIeConnell, 
jNIrs.  Doughei'ty, 
Elizabeth  ^Marshall, 
Mrs.  Linu, 
Jane  Logan, 
Roland  Chambers, 
Mrs.  Wm.  Chambers, 
John  Lackland, 
Sallie  White, 


Catherine  C.  Irwin, 
James  Officer, 
Mrs.  Laird, 
JNIartha  Beaulbrd, 
Robert  Long, 
MartLia  Kenney, 
jNIary  Stevenson, 
John  Irwin, 
James  L.  Marshall, 
Valiuda  Logan, 
Mrs.  Presley  Self, 
JNIrs.  Chambers, 
Mrs.  Wm,  Stevenson, 
Mrs.  Lackland, 
James  Steven.son, 


Jane  Stevenson, 

Just  forty-six  in  all,  everj^  one  of  whom,  so  far  as  we  know,  have  gone 
to  their  graves.  Here,  according  to  the  Record,  w^e  find  several  things 
Worthy  of  commendation:    . 

1.  Though  comparatively  a  mere  handful,  they  determined  to  erect  a 


8  nETHi:L   CIU:RCH- MF.MORTAI.  SERMON. 


house  of  worship;  and  though  almost  without  offioe-bearors,  thoy  cove- 
nautod  to  \v()rshi|)  (iod  and  not  forsake  His  house: 

2.  'I'hey  evidently  received  sountl  mstruetion  from  the  Word  of  God 
for  they  herein  not  only  promise  subjection  to  those  placed  over  them  in 
the  Lord,  but  also  vow  to  study  the  peace,  purity  and  harmony  of  the 
church,  and  to  contribute  their  fdir  and  just  proportion  of  tiieir  worldly 
substance  to  carrying  on  the  Lord's  work. 

3.  A  commendable  and  and  praiseworthy  liberality  was  manifested  by 
the  Rev.  Robert  Marshall,  then  in  charge  of  the  church,  who  contributed 
almost  all  of  his  salary,  tor  five  consecutive  years,  to  the  erection  and 
completion  of  the  cluu-ch  building. 

Let  those  who  now  enjoy  the  luxuries  of  life  and  whose  fields  wave 
with  golden  grain,  but  who  think  themselves  heavily  taxed  in  maintain- 
ing the  ordinances  of  God's  house,  learn  a  lesson  from  this  part  of  the 
history  of  their  forefathers. 

DOCTRINES   TAUGHT. 

Durhig  this  period  these  people  evidently  were  taught  that  the  doctrines 
worship  and  government  of  God's  house  were  to  be  taken  from  God's 
Word  alone  and  not  left  to  the  wisdom  or  the  caprice  of  men.  IVLanifestly 
they  had  a  profound  reverence  for  the  revealed  Word  of  God  as  unfolding 
the  scheme  of  R3:lemption  in  all  its  bsarings. 

THEIR  INFLUENCE  PERMANENT. 

Though  they  were  few  in  numbers,  they  were  always  foremost  in  every 
good  word  and  work.  They  were  steadfast  in  their  adherence  to  correct 
principles,  and  to  their  convictions  of  right  and  duty,  always  staunch 
advocates  of  that  system  of  education  which  blends  the  mental  with  the 
moral  training,  in?tisting  th  vt  the  discipline  of  man's  moral  nature  nuist 
proceed  step  by  step  with  the  development  of  his  mental  faculties,  and 
that  the  most  complete  and  purest  spiritual  culture  can  be  realized  only  by 
professing  the  faith  and  ])racticing  the  virtues  of  Christianity.  Hence, 
tlieir  inrtuence  on  the  conimimity  was  powerful  and  permtment. 

INCENTIVE    TO  SUHVIVlNCi  MEM15EUS. 

With  a  view  to  awakenin.?  the  surviving  mi'inbers  of  Bethel  C'iun'ch  to 
a  due  api)reciation  of  their  exalted  privileges  and  to  arouse  their  slumber- 
ing energies  to  enter  with  api)ropriate  zeal  upon  the  broad  field  of  useful- 
ness, and  to  meet  witii  lofty  fiith  an<l  ma idy  courage  the  duties  which  God 
in  the  ordering.-!  of  His  Pr.)vidence  has  east  upon  you,  this  rapid  review 
of  the  faith  and  i)ractice  of  your  forefathers  is  now  brought  before  .aou. 


BETHEL   CHURCH — MEMORIAL  SERMON. 


RESPONSIBILITIES. 

It  is  no  light  or  trivial  enterprise  to  educate  and  train  a  neighborhood; 
to  mould  the  minds  that  shall  shape  the  character  and  destiny  of  others 
in  coming  generations. 

How  solemn,  then,  are  the  responsibilities  devolved  upon  you  survivors! 
How  vast  the  power  conferred!  How  marked  the  honor!  How  sacred 
a)id  how  urgent  the  duty  to  perpetuate  this  chiu'ch  in  your  midst,  to 
observe  her  ordinances,  to  keep  brightly  burning  the  sacred  fires  upon  her 
holy  altar! 

OFFICE-BEARERS. 

From  the  Roeords  now  in  possession  of  the  Clerk  of  Session  it  appears 
that  on  the  20th  day  of  June,  1829,  David  Morris,  James  Kelley,  Benjamin 
Windsor  and  W.  C.  Offutt  were  unanimously  elected  Deacons  in  this 
church,  all  of  whom,  {with  the  exception  of  David  Morris,  who  declined 
to  act),  were  duly  ordained  and  installed.    ' 

Benjamin  Windsor  served  four  years  and  was  dismissed  to  some  church 
in  another  State. 

W.  C.  Offutt  served  as  Deacon  until  Februaiy  10,  1833,  and  was  then 
elected  Ruling  Elder. 

James  Kelly  served  nearly  four  years,  and  on  April  19,  1835,  was  elected 
Ruling  Elder. 

1842,  March  27,  Alfred  D.  Offutt,  Glass  Marshall,  Edward  Washington 
and  W^m.  H.  Crooks  were  elected  Deacons,  and  on  the  1st  of  May 
following  were  ordained  and  installed,  except  W.  H.  Crooi^s,  who  had 
been  previously  ordained.     He  was  at  this  time  installed. 

On  the  2d  of  June,  1842,  Alfred  D.  Oflfutt  was  elected  Treasurer,  and  on 
9th  of  April,  1854,  he  was  dismissed  to  the  Georgetown  church,  where  he 
is  at  this  time  a  Ruling  Elder. 

Glass  Marshall  served  as  Deacon  for  a  period  of  thirteen  years,  and  was, 
on  the  4th  day  of  August,  1855,  elected  Ruling  Elder. 

Edward  S.  Washington  served  a  little  over  five  years,  and  on  the  20th 
of  June,  1847,  he  was  dismissed  with  his  family  and  servants  to  the 
Frankfort  church. 

W.  H.  Crooks  served  nine  years,  and  was,  on  the  13th  of  April,  1851, 
elected  Ruling  Elder. 

1848— On  the  15th  of  October,  1848,  John  Thompson  Glass,  Canon 
Wingate  and  Dr:  Edward  T.  Polk  were  elected  Deacons,  and  all  of  whom 
were  ordained  and  installed,  except  Canon  Wingate,  who  took  farther 
time  to  deliberate  on  the  matter,  but  who  died  on  the  20th  of  June,  1849, 
reposing  his  confidence  in  a  crucified  Saviour. 


10  BETHEL   CHURCH— MEMORIAL  SERMON. 

Jolin  Thomijson  Glass  died  on  the  14th  of  August,  1852. 

Dr.  Kdward  T.  Polk  served  about  six  years,  and  on  April  .5th,  18.54,  was 
dismissed  to  the  8d  ("hureh  Louisville,  where  he  now  resides  in  thepraetiee 
of  Ids  profession. 

18.55— On  August  4th,  f8.55,  .James  8mee,  Pat  Dolan  and  C^.  B.  Lewis 
were  elected  Deacons.'  C.  B.  Jjewis  declined  to  act,  but  Pat  Dolan  and 
James  Smee  were  duly  ordained  and  Installed. 

Pat  Dolan  served  as  Deacon  twenty-one  years.  He  was  faithful  in  the 
discharge  of  his  duties,  and  as  a  manifestation  of  the  e-steem  and  confidence 
of  the  members  of  this  church,  he  was  elected  a  Ruling  Elder  June  11, 1876. 

James  Smee  .served  for  six  years  and  was  disnussed  to  Lexington 
November  20,  1861. 

1865— October  8,  1865,  John  Herriott,  Sr.,  was  elected  Deacon  and  at 
this  time  fills  that  office. 

1876— June  11,  A.  D.  Piatt,  James  W.  Herriott,  and  ('has.  B.  Williams 
were  elected  Deacons  and  on  the  the  following  day  (.lune  12,  1876,  j  were 
duly  ordained  and  installed. 

It  isilue  to  them  to  say  that  they  are  prompt  and  efflciynt  in  the<lischarge 
of  their  official  duties  and  have  the  full  confidence  and  esteem  of  the 
entire  cluuch. 

RrEIN(;    ELJJERS. 

\Vm.  Irwin  was  a  Ruling  Elder  in  the  year  1822.  He  was  one  of  the 
signers  of  the  ccn-enant  at  what  was  called  the  reorganization  of  the 
church  and  died  JNIarcii  the  20th,  1828,  in  the  seventy-sixth  yearof  his  age. 

James  Stevenson  was  also  a  Jiuling  Elder,  but  when  he  waselected  or  how 
long  he  served  I  cannot  tell.  His  name  appears  on  the  roll  of  the  signers 
in  1822,  and  in  the  following  year,  October  12,  1828,  he  died. 

182;}— In  the  year  182:5,  Sanuiel  Laird  and  John  INI.  ('.  Irwin  were 
elected,  ordained  and  instMJled  Ruling  Elders.  Both  of  them  wei'e  signers 
of  the  covenant  at  the  reoi-ganization  of  the  church. 

Samuel  Laird  served  as  Ruling  Elder  in  this  church  for  six  years,  and 
on  .January  the  7tb,  I82ii,  he  was  dismissed  to  Mt.  Horeb  Cburch.  In  the 
.same  year,  Mai-ch  tlie  28th,  he  was  elected  a  Ruling  Elder  in  that  church. 
During  his  lifetime  he  was  noted  for  his  libi'rality  to  the  churcii. 
He  gave  $10,0(10  to  the  Theological  Fund  raise<l  by  the  Synod  of  Kentucky 
before  the  establishment  of  the  Seminary  at  Danville.  After  the  (general 
Assend>ly  established  that  Seminary,  and  elected  the  l?ev.  Robert  J. 
I'.i-eckinridgc  Professor  of  Theology,  Mr.  i^aii'd  added  :?](»,(l(l()  to  his  former 
contribution  to  endow  Dr.  Breckinridge's  chair,  making  in  all  .'{;20,000. 
One  of  the  last  business  acts  of  his  life  was  (o  convey  to  tbe  Trustees  of 
.Mt.  Horeb  Cburcii  a  valualile  propt'rty  known  as  tbe  "Laird   Parsonage." 


bethp:l,  church — memokial  serjion.  11 

He  Wiis  a  faithful  office-bearer  for  nearly  forty  years,  and  he  died  in  the 
full  faltli  of  the  Gospel,  September  10th,  1858. 

John  M.  C.  Irwin  served  as  Ruling  Elder  in  this  church  twenty-six 
years,  and  on  the  loth  t>f  February,  1849,  he  was  dismissed  to  wherever 
Providence  might  cast  his  lot. 

Thomas  Dinwiddle,  one  of  the  original  members  at  the  reorganization 
of  this  cliurch,  and  also  a  Ruling  Elder,  died  in  the  year  1825,  in  the 
seventy-fourth  year  of  his  age. 

1828— January  13th,  Hugli  P'oster  was  elected  Ruling  Elder.  After 
serving  six  years  as  Ruling  Elder  he  was  dismissed  October  5th,  1834. 

1833 -February  10th,  W.  C,  OfFutt  and  Robert  Marshall  (son  of  Rev. 
Robert  Marshall),  having  been  previously  elected,  were  each  ordained  and 
set  apart  to  the  office  of  Ruling  Elder. 

On  the  24th  of  March,  1833,  W.  C.  Offutt  was  elected  Treasurer,  and  on 
the  22(1  of  December,  1833,  he  was  dismissed  to  the  Shelbyville  church. 

Robert  Marshall  was  elected  Treasurer  December  28th,  1833,  and  was 
dismissed  October  5th,  1834.     He  died  October  11th,  1864. 

1835 — March  29th,  Henry  Stevenson  and  James  Kelly  were  elected 
Ruling  Elders,  and  on  the  19th  of  April,  1835,  were  ordained  and  installed. 

Henry  Stevenson  served  as  Ruling  Elder  for  twenty  years.  On  the 
7th  of  October,  1855,  he  was  dismissed  to  tlie  Georgetown  church,  where 
he  was  elected  Ruling  Elder  Xovemljer  11th,  1865,  and  served  as  such 
until  the  time  of  his  death,  February  17th,  1879. 

James  Kelly  served  as  Ruling  Elder  for  a  period  of  seventeen  years  and 
died  March  21st,  1852,  aged  sixty-eight  years. 

1840 — October  17th  Ephraim  Herriott  was  electec^l  and  installed  Ruling 
Elder.  He  had  been  ordained  a  Ruling  Elder  in  the  North  Middletown 
Church.  He  served  as  Ruling  Elder  in  this  church  for  a  period  of  fifteen 
years,  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  April  1st,  1855. 

1851 — April  13th,  Wm.  H.  ("rooks  and  John  H.  Rusk  were  elected 
Rilling  Elders.  ^Ir.  Rusk  declined  to  accept.  Mr.  Crooks  was  ordained 
and  installed  April  27th,  1851.  He  faithfully  served  this  church  as  Ruling 
Polder  until  the  27th  of  Fel)ruary,  1870,  when  he  was  dismissed  to  the 
church  at  V;>rsailles.  He  now  lives  in  Slielby  county,  Kentucky.  May 
God  spare  him  l;>ng  to  the  people  amongst  whom  his  lot  is  cast. 

1855— August  4th,  W.  A  I^eavy  and  (^lass  JNlarshall  were  elected  Ruling 
Elders. 

W  A.  Leavy  having  l)een  previously  ordained  a  Ruling  Elder  in  the 
2il  Presbyterian  Clmrch,  Ijexington,  Kentucky,  was,  on  the  9th  of 
September,  1855,  installed  a  Ruling  Polder  in  this  church.  He  served 
nearly  four  years  and  was  dismissed  to  the  Midway  Church,  on  the  20th 


12  BETHEL,  CHURCH — MEMOKIAL  SERMON. 

of  March,  1859,  where  he  served  as  an  efficient  Ruling  Elder  until  the  day 
of  his  death,  December  5th,  1878,  in  the year  of  his  age. 

Mr.  Leavy,  during  the  greater  i)ortlon  of  his  life,  was  devoted  to 
Sabbath  School  work  in  the  2d  Church,  Lexington.  Many, who  are  now 
fathers  and  niotliers  revere  his  nxeniory  for  his  faithfid  and  kind 
instructions  given  as  -their  Sabbath  School  teacher.  Mr.  Leavy  was  also 
noted  for  his  remarkable  power  of  memory.  He  was  alwtiys  prompt  in 
attending  the  courts  of  the  church,  even  in  his  old  age,  and  was  an 
efficient  member  of  Presbytery.  He  leaves  to  mourn  his  loss  an 
interesting  family,  consisting  of  his  wife,  two  sons  and  a  beloved  daughter. 
May  God  bless  and  protect  them! 

Ou  the  9th  of  September,  1855,  Glass  Marshall  was  ordained  and 
installed.  On  July  5tli,  1857,  he  was  elected  Clerk  of  Session,  and 
continues  to  discharge  the  duties  of  that  office  at  this  time.  He  was  for 
some  six  years  the  only  Ruling  Elder  in  this  church.  As  an  office-bearer 
he  has  gone  out  and  in  before  you  for  a  period  of  thirty-eight  years.  His 
rc'cord  is  Ids  life  amongst  you.  May  God  spare  him  for  many  years  "to 
watch  for  your  souls  as  one  who  must  give  an  account  to  God!"  When 
he  is  laid  away  out  there  in  the  old  grave  yard,  his  memory  will  be 
revered  for  wise  counsel,  for  steadfast  adherence  to  the  old  truth,  for 
untiinching  fidelity  in  the  discharge  of  duty. 

187U— June  11th,  Joel  H.  Marvin,  Pat  Dolan  and  Robert  Marshall  were 
elected,  and  on  the  day  following  were  ordained  and  installed  Ruling 
Elders  in  this  church,  and  with  Glass  Marshall  constitute  the  present 
session. 

In  the  case  of  J.  H.  Marvin  and  in  his  connection  with  this  church  there 
is  a  remarkable  illustration  of  the  Providence  of  God,  in  ordering  and 
directing  the  footsteps  of  his  children,  showing  that  '■'■though  man  )narj 
propose,  ijet  Uod  disposesr^  When  a  youth  his  lot  was  cast  in  this 
neighborhood  and  he  was  received  into  the  comnumioji  of  this  church  on 
the  27th  of  June,  1847.  On  November  23,  1848,  he  was  dismissed  to  the 
cbur.h  at  Danville,  where  he  went  to  accomplish  the  cherished  purpose 
of  his  heart — a  collegiate  education. 

On  the  14th  of  May,  1854,  upon  a  letter  of  dismission  from  the 
Danville  church,  he  was  again  received  into  the  comnumion  of  this 
church;  and  on  November  Oth,  1859,  he  was  dismissed  to  the  Versailles 
church.  From  there  to  tlie  Midway  clnnvh,  and  from  the  Midway  church 
he  was  again  with  Ids  liunily  recciveil  into  this  church  on  the  2tith  of 
Decend)er  1875,  into  the  same  old  field  of  his  early  labors,  and  was  elected 
a  Ruling  p]lder,  as  before  stated.  Truly  (Jod's  ways  are  wonderful  in  the 
execution  of  His  purposes  through  the  instrumentality  of  His  servants. 


BETHEL   CHURCH — MEMORIAL  SERMON.  13 

Patrick  Dolan  was  received  into  the  communion  of  this  church  May 
81,  184B.  He  served  as  Deacon  for  twenty-one  years  and  then  was  elected 
a  Ruling  Elder.  He  has  been  a  consistent  member  and  a  faithful 
office-bearer.  He  clung  to  this  church  in  her  darkest  days.  Always  at 
his  iiost,  giving  a  portion  of  his  tiiMe  every  Sabbath  to  teaching  in  his 
humble  way,  exerting  an  influence  for  good,  especially  upon  those  in  his 
employ.  May  lie  long  go  out  and  in  before  you  taking  the  oversight  of 
the  flock. 

Robei't  Marshall— I  would  do  violence  to  the  feelings  of  this  congregation 
and  tlie  whole  cammunity  were  I  pass  by  in  silence  the  labors  of  Robert 
Marshall  in  their  midst.  His  untiring  efforts  not  only  for  the  welfare  of 
the  ciiurcli,  but  for  the  whole  community,  are  duly  appreciated.  The  youth 
of  this  church  and  community  will  bear  testimony  to  his  faithfulness  in 
directing  them  in  the  paths  of  duty  and  of  virtue.  In  the  darkest  daj's  of 
the  church  he  clung  to  her,  giving  his  time,  his  talents,  his  energy  and 
money;  and  the  impression  he  has  made  upon  the  youth  of  this 
congregation  and  neighborhood  will  be  felt  for  generations  to  come. 
You  have  elected  him  to  l>ear  rule  over  you.  A  higher  appreciation  of 
eminent  services  sjjontaneously  given  to  a  young  man  rarely  ever  occurs. 
May  his  indomitable  zeal,  his  unflagging  energy  and  ceasless  activity 
never  wane,  but  grow  from  year  to  year. 

Thus  during  a  period  of  flfty-seveu  years  you  have  had  seventeen  Ruling- 
Elders,  and  all  of  these  but  fiveare  now  laid  beneath  the  clods  of  the  valley. 

The  Session  at  this  time  is  composed  of  Glass  Marshall,  Joel  H.  Marvin, 
Patrick  Dolan  and  Robert  Marshall.  Let  them  have  your  prayers  and 
your  liearty  co-operation  in  their  labors  of  love  amongst  you.  I  bear 
them  testimony,  one  and  all,  that  they  are  faithful  in  the  diicbarge  of 
their  duties,  having  sincerely  at  heart  the  interests  of  the  church,  and  are 
always  willing  and  ready  to  co-operate  with  each  other  and  ^vith  their 
pastor  in  building  up  this  portion  of  (ifod's  Zion. 

OFFICIAL   ACTS  OF  SESSION. 

Besides  the  ordinary  business  of  the  Session  in  its  oversight  of  the  fleck, 
there  appears  on  the  Records  several  official  acts  worthy  of  notice: 

On  the  2Gth  of  November,  1827,  a  Bible  Society  under  the  Auxiliary 
Bible  Society  of  P^ayette  County  was  organized  in  Bethel  Church.  Its 
boundary  was  doflned  and  a  constitution  adopted.  Rev.  Rol)ert  ISIarshall 
was  elected  President  and  John  M.  C.  Irwin  Vice-President;  Henry 
Stevinson,  Tlios.  ('hambers  and  George  Chambers,  were  appointed 
C.)llectors;  Hugh  Foster,  Depository  and  Treasurer;  Samuel  Laird, 
Delegate,  and  Josi-ph  (i.  ^Marshall,  Secretary. 


14  BETHEL   CHURCH — MEMORIAL  SERMON. 

To  this  constitution  ttiere  is  a  list  of  eiglity-six  names,  subscribing  for 
annual  payments  from  $5.00  down  to  twelve  and  a  half  cents  each, 
amounting  to  the  sum  of  $82.87. 

This  Society  continued  to  meet  from  year  to  year  until  1831,  when, 
having  supplied  their  district,  a<ljourncd  finally. 

ACT   AND   TESTIMONY. 

Amongst  the  other  otiicial  acts  of  Session  there  is  a  resolution  in 
reference  to  the  ^^Act  and  Testimony'''  so  noted  in  the  history  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  at  large,  and  which  finally  resulted  in  a  division  of 
the  Church — the  "Act  and  Testimony"  party  being  designated  "Old 
School,"  and  the  seceding  party  being  styled  "New  School."  This  is  the 
record  made:  "August  4th,  1834:  The  'Act  and  Testimony'  was  presented 
for  consideration;  whereupon,  Hesofved,  unanimously.  That  we  highly 
approve  the  'Act  and  Testimony'  of  a  number  of  Ministers  and  Ruling 
Elders  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  we  liereby  declare  our  approval 
of  and  hearty  concurrence  in  said  'Act  and  Testimony.'" 

J.  H.  LOGAN,  Moderator. 
Robert  Marshall,  ) 
Hugh  Foster,  [Elders." 

Jno.  M.  C.  Irwin,  I 
In  the  year  1850,  March  the  1st,  the  Session  directed  a  collection  to  be 
taken  up  in  the  congregation  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  a  full  set  of 
the  books  puljlished  by  the  Presbyterian  Board,  to  be  used  as  a 
congregational  library  in  Bethel  Church  and  neighborhood.  The  books 
came  to  liand  on  the  11th  of  March,  1850,  and  Wm.  Stevinson  and  James 
Kelly,  Jr.,  were  appointed  librarians  "to  take  charge  of  the  books,  and  to 
let  them  out  to  the  members  of  the  congreg;ition  and  see  that  the  same 
are  returned  in  good  order." 

In  the  year  1857  there  is  another  act  in  reference  to  Systematic 
Benevolence:  March  27th,  1857:  Resolved,  1st,  That  we  approve  of  the 
action  of  the  dienei'al  Assembly,  dispensing  with  agents  in  securing 
contribstions  for  our  Boards.  And.  2d,  That  we  will  make  diligent  effort 
to  have  annually  presented  to  all  the  members  of  our  church  the  following 
causes,  /.  e.:  Church  Extension,  Education,  Pul)lication,  Home  and  Foreign 
Missions,  Fund  for  Ibe  Sui)i)<)rt  of  the  A\'idows  and  Faniilit's  of  Disabled 
Ministers,  Ae. 

8.  YERKES,  Modi'rator. 
\V.  A.  Lkavv.     I 
G.  Marshall,    V  Elders. 
W.  H.  Crooks,   J 


BETHEL,   CHURCH— MEMORIAL  SERMON.  15 

PASTORS   AND   STATED   SUPPLIES. 

The  following  Ministers  of  the  Gospel  have  been  Pastors  or  .Stated 
Supplies  in  Bethel  Church: 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Shannon,  a  graduate  of  Princeton  College,  New 
Jersey— then  under  the  Presidency'  of  the  celebrated  Rev.  John 
Witherspoon,  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence— was  admitted 
a  member  of  Transylvania  Presbytery  *April  29th,  1789. 

He  took  charge  of.  the  Bethel  and  Sinking  Springs  churches,  and 
continued  Pastor  for  four  years,  when  he  resigned  and  took  charge  of  the 
Woodford  Church,  where  he  continued  preaching  until  the  year  1806.  In 
the  year  1812  he  volunteered  and  joined  the  American  Army  as  Chaplain. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  physical  strength.  His  fist  was  like  a  sledge 
hammer,  and  he  was  said  to  have  lopped  off  a  stout  branch  of  a  tree  at  a 
single  stroke  of  his  sword  when  charging  through  the  woods.  The  latter 
years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  missionary  labors,  chiefly  in  the  destitute 
parts  of  the  State  of  Indiana,  where  he  died  in  tlie  year  1822. 

The  Records  of  the  church  from  the  year  1789  to  the  year  1822  have  been 
lost,  hence  I  am  not  able  to  give  the  names,  nor  any  account  of  the 
ministers  who  oflfieiated  in  this  churcii  during  that  period  of  thirty-three 
years. 

In  the  Memoirs  of  Rev.  David  Rice  (collected  and  arranged  by  Rev. 
Robert  H.  Bishop,  Professor  of  History  in  Transylvania  University,  and 
published  in  the  city  of  L3xington,  Ky.,  1821),  page  153,  I  find  this 
statement:  "The  Rev.  Robert  M.  Cunningham,  from  Georgia,  was  the 
second  Pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  Lexington,  Kentucky.  He 
commenced  his  ministerial  labors  in  April  or  May,  1808.  He  labored 
among  them  faitbfuUy  and  affectionately  during  fourteen  years,  and  had 
his  pastoral  connection  with  them  dissolved  by  mutual  consent  OctDl:)er 
11th,  1822." 

The  first  statement  made  on  the  present  Records  of  Bethel  Church  is, 
that  the  Rev.  Robert  M.  Cunningham  declined  preaching  at  Bethel  about 
the  month  of  December,  1818,  showing  that  while  Pastor  of  the  Lexington 
Church,  he  also  supplied  this  church.  Of  his  subsequent  labors  and  death 
I  have  no  knowledge. 

REV.    ROBERT   MARSHALL. 

On  the  13th  of  June,  1793,  the  Rev.  Robert  Marshall  was  ordained 
Pastor  of  Bethel  and  Blue  Spring  churches— known  at  an  earlier  date  as 
McConnell's  Run  Church. t  His  oflficial  connection  with  Bethel  Church 
embraced  a  pericjd  of  ne?arly  thirty  years. 


"■Bishop's  Memoirs,  page  286. 
fDavidson,  page  106. 


16  BETHEI.  CHURCH— MEMORIAL  SERMON. 


With  the  exception  of  about  ten  years— from  1802  to  1812 — he  spent  the 
wiiole  of  his  ministerial  life  in  this  church  and  amongst  this  people— a 
thing  that  does  not  usually  occur  in  the  life  of  a  minister  of  the  Gospel. 
.Justice  to  history,  justice  to  his  memory,  and  to  his  children,  and  to  his 
grand  children,  and  to  his  great-grand  childi-en,  and  to  the  church,  and  to 
you  who  once  knew  him,  requires  more  than  a  mere  passing  notice: 

He  was  born  in  tbe  North  of  Ireland,  in  the  noted  county  of  Derry,  in 
the  year  17<)0.  His  ancestors  were  of  the  Hcotch-Irish  race,  so  noted,  not 
only  in  tlie  history  of  their  own  country,  but  in  tbe  history  of  all  countries 
wliere  God  lias  a  worshiper,  or  truth  an  adbcrent,  or  liijerty,  civil  and 
religious,  a  defender.  The  story  of  their  heroic  and  pei'sistent  struggle  for 
trutii  and  rigliteousness,  ever  has  and  ever  must  nerve  tbe  arm  and  iusi)ire 
the  sold  of  all  who  love  principle  more  than  expediency.  From  his 
childhood  tb^'  principles  of  evangelical  religion  were  inculcated— as  these 
principles  were  deduced  from  tbe  Word  of  God  and  fornnilated  in  the 
Larger  and  Shorter  Catechisms. 

At  the  age  of  twelve  years  he  emigrated  with  liis  mother — his  only 
surviving  parent— and  lier  family  to  the  State  of  Pennsylvania.  There  be 
received  the  elements  of  a  plain  English  education.  '•■Four  years 
afterwards,  when  be  was  only  sixteen  years  old,  be  enlisted  in  tbe 
American  Army,  tiien  struggling  for  lil)erty,  l)otb  civil  and  religieus. 
He  was  in  six  general  engagements  in  the  Ri'volutionary  war,  one  of 
wbicli  was  tbe  hard  fouglit  battle  of  Monmouth,  where  he  narrowly 
escaped  witii  Ids  life— a  bullet  grazing  bis  locks.  While  in  tlie  army  be 
never  swore  an  oatb,t  tbougb  profanity  was  common  in  the  camjj,  and  be 
never  drank  a  droj)  of  ardent  spirits,  tliougli  it  formed  a  part  of  tbe  dnily 
ration.  Wben  not  on  duty  be  retired  to  bis  tent  and  devoted  bimsrlf  to 
ardent  study.  After  tbe  close  of  tbe  war,  on  his  return  home,  he  connected 
iiinisclf  witli  wliat  wttstluMi  known  as  the  Seceder  Church,  but  afterwards 
douliieil  wiietlier  he  bad  licen  truly  converted.  Soon  after  this,  under  tbe 
preaching  of  tbe  noted  Dr.  McMillan,  be  becam;'  a  true  child  of  (lod,  and 
liie  evidence  of  Ins  conversion  grew  strongi'i' and  stronger  until  tiie  day  of 
ids  (Icadi.  in  tbe  t wenty-tiiird  year  of  ins  age  lie  resolutely  bi-gan 
studying  for  tiie  miuistiy.  His  Acadenucal  studies  were  i)ursued  at  Lil>erty 
Hall.  Wbile  tliere  a  student,  tbe  venerable  Di'.  Arcldbald  Alexander 
state-;  tbat  lie  maintained  a  consistent  and  exami)iary  walk  among  a  set 
of  luotane  and  wicked  youths,  and  tiiougli  st  ;nding  aloni',  connnandi'd 
universal  res|cct.     His 'I'beological  stu<lies  wi're  dii'ected  by  Dr.  McMillan, 


•■'Davidson.  i):iuc  Id"). 
tDavidson,  piiLo  Uiil. 


BETHEL   CHLBCH— MEMORIAL  SERMON.  17 

the  same  Godly  man  who  was  the  instrument  in  God's  hand  of  his  con- 
version. He  was  licensed  to  preach  the  Gospel  by  Red  Stone  Presbytery 
in  Western  Pennsylvania— perhaps  in  the  year  1790.  Tn  that  year  he 
laboretl  with  great  success  and  zeal  in  the  remarkable  revival  then  going 
on  in  Virginia.  In  the  year  1792  he  removed  to  Kentucky  with  his  wife,* 
and  labored  as  a  missionary  under  the  direction  of  Synod.  As  before 
stated  on  the  13th  of  June,  1793,  he  was  ordained  pastor  of  Bethel  and 
Blue  Spring  churches.  While  preaching  to  these  churches,  he  also 
conducted  a  classical  school  at  which  many  noted  men  received  their 
education.  Amongst  these  may  be  named:  Montgomery  Blair,  so  prom- 
inent in  the  the  political  world;  General  Humphrey  Marshall,  the  eminent 
lawyer,  wise  statesman  and  distinguished  soldier;  Rev.  W.  H.  Forsythe, 
who  died  a  few  years  ago;  George  Logan,  who  .died  in  Quincy,  Illinois, 
just  as  he  entered  upon  his  pi-ofessional  career;  Rev.  David  R.  Preston, 
who  died  at  Abingdon,  Virginia;  Rev.  John  N.  Lyle,  who  died  while 
pastor  of  Walnut  Hill  church;  Dr.  Xash  McDowell,  and  Maeauley 
Whithersjjoon,  and  Phillip  Hockaday  and  many  others  too  tedious  to 
mention. 

IN'CIDENT.S   IX    HIS   LIFE. 

Sanguine  and  impulsive  in  his  feelings,  he  was  carried  away  by  the 
torrent  of  enthusiasm  that  swept  over  Kentucky  in  the  years  1801,  1802 
and  1803.  He  soon  became  one  of  the  chief  leaders  and  favored  the  party 
afterwards  known  as  "New  Lights,"  but  from  his  prominence  and  zeal 
amongst  them  were  at  that  time  called  Marshallites.  Though  to  a  certain 
extent  embracing  and  promulgating  the  new  measures,  yet  he  never  fully 
adopted  their  heretical  views,!  nor  did  he  ever  enter  into  their  wild 
extravagances,  or  encourage  tumultuous  fanaticism.  He  had  an  almost 
luib  )uniled  influence  over  thousands  upon   thousands  who  hung  on  his 


^■'Hkv.  Robeut  Makshall's  Famii,y.— Rev.  Rolit.  Marshall  was  twice  married. 
The  first  liiue  to  Jenny  Vanee,  Aug.  2d,  1792.  She  died  Fehriiary  21st,  17S9,  in  the 
thirtieth  year  of  her  age.  The  cliildren  by  the  first  marriage  were:  Rachel  Vance 
Maisliall,  wliodied  .January  28lh,  1812,  in  the  the  eighteenth  year  of  iier  age.  Rev. 
James  L.  Marshall,  who  was  horn  January  2Sth,  1796,  and  who  died  at  (iuyandotte, 
Virghiia,  on  iiis  way  as  delegate  1o  the  General  Assemblj-,  May  11th,  1834.  Rev. 
Samuel  \'ancd  Maisliall  was  h:)rn  February  nth,  1798,  and  died  at  Madison,  Indiana, 
November  3l)th,  18t0. 

On  the  2Dth  Deceml)er,  1798,  Rev.  Robert  Marshall  was  married  to  Betsy  Glass, 
who  died  November  12:h,  1818,  in  tlie  seventy-eiiiiith  year  of  her  age.  She  is  buried 
by  hU  side  in  I'.ethel  graveyard.  The  cliildren  hy  this  marriage  were:  Joseph  Glass 
Marshall,  who  died  April  Sth,  1855;  Betsy  (ilass  Marshall,  who  died  September  6lh, 
ISIt;  Robert  Marshall,  who  died  October  Uth,  1861;  Sarah  B.  Marshall  (wife  Dr.  E.  T. 
P.>lk)  who  died  April  8ih,  1869;  and  Glass  Marshall,  still  living. 

tCorrespondenee  with  B.  W.Stone. 


18  BETHEL.  CHURCH — MEMOKIAL  SERMON. 


lips  at  the  great  camp-n.eetings.  So  remarkable  was  his  power  over  the 
vast  assemblages  that  tlieii  gathered  together,  iiukilgiug  in  boisterous 
emotions,  loud  ejaculations,  and  other  exti-avaganoes,  which  brought 
disgrace  upon  religion,  tliat  witli  a  wave  of  his  hand*  he  could  quiet  tlie 
most  boisterous  audience.  In  a  sliort  time  he  saw  this  error  and  the 
dangerous  tendency  of  the  doctrines  then  propagated,  hence  he  promjitly 
returned  to  the  bosom  of  the  Church  of  his  Fathers,  and  was  restored  to 
the  ministry  of  the  Word,  wliich  he  ever  afterwards  proclaimed  with  zeal 
and  fidelity.  For  what  he  conceived  to  be  right  he  stood  up  in  its  defense, 
lilce  the  sturdy  oak  that  never  bends  its  head  to  the  storm,  and  yet  when 
convinced  of  his  mistake,  he  ackuowledge<l  it  witii  e(]ual  promptness  and 
magnanimity.  And  all  of  this  is  very  conspicuously  illustrated  in  his 
leaving  the  church  of  his  love  and  then  returning  back  again  to  its  embrace. 
The  reasons  for  his  departure  from  his  (Church  I  give  in  his  own  words.t 
He  used  to  say  that  he  could  not  ascribe  his  conduct  to  uuy  other  cause 
than  a  strange  infatuation,  and  for  years  he  never  entered  th(>  pulpit 
without  lamenting  his  errors  aud  warnin:>"  the  j)eople  against  similar 
delusions.  In  the  year  1812  he  was  reinstated  in  the  Pastoral  charge  of 
Bethel  church,  where  he  continued  to  preach  the  Gospel  at  intervals  until 
the  year  1819.  During  the  whole  period  of  his  ministry,  embracing 
forty-two  years,  he  received  as  salary  only  $4,000,  at  the  rate  of  about 
$95.25  a  year;  and  out  of  this,t  for  five  consecutive  years,  he  gave  his  full 
salary  to  the  building  of  Bethel  church.  It  wtis  his  custom  to  give  for 
years  $100  to  the  American  Bible  Society.  Truly  be  worshiped  God  with 
his  substance  as  well  as  his  heart,  and  yet  he  was  never  a  dollar  the 
poorer  in  the  end. 

C'HAH.\CTERISTIC.'-'. 

As  a  preacher,  Robert  Marshall  was  c'ear,  legical,  systematic  and 
adhered  closely  to  his  text.  He  was  occasionally  calm,  mild  and 
persuasive,  but  more  generally  warn)  and  vclienient  and  even  startling  in 
his  language  and  manner,  particularly  when  he  attempted  to  arouse  and 
impress  his  audience.  He  was  a  useful  man  and  successful  prcHcher,  and 
his  labors  were  abundantly  blessed  of  God,  (o  wliat  extent  eternity  only 
can  reveal.  Consjiieuous  among-st  the  injuerous  converts  under  bis 
ministry,  may  perbaps,  be  classed  the  no  less  noted  and  no  less  useful 
Minister  of   the    (xos|jel,   the    late    Dr.   Tin  nu.s    C'leli  nil,    mLo    in    liis 

■•^Testimony  of  liN  wife  and  oiliers. 

t Davidson,  pMge  107. 

told  Reconl-',  pajje  o.  • 


BETHKIi  GHUIIOH — MEMORIAL.  SEinfON,  19 

Autobiography  speaks  of  Mr.  Marshall  in  the  highest  terms,  calling  him 
"his  fcivorite  preacher''® 

DEATH. 

The  sad  record  in  the  old  Session  Book  of  this  chiii  rh  reads  thus,  June 
16th,  18S'2:  "Departed  this  life  in  the  full  assurance  o1  i;  joyfiil  resurrection 
to  eternal  life,  through  our  Divine  Saviour,  Jesus  Christ,  the  Rev.  Robert 
Marshall,  aged  seventy-two  yeai-s,  and  the  forty-second  of  his  ministry, 
and  fjr  many  years  the  venerable  Pastor  of  this,  Bethel  church. "t  Thus 
he  died  in  full  persuasion  of  the  truth  which  he  preached,  and  was  cheered 
in  his  last  moments  by  a  calmness  and  tranquility  of  mind  arising  from 
his  firm  and  unshaken  fitith  in  the  religion  he  professed,  and  an 
unwavering  confidence  iji  the  glories  of  that  purchased  redemption  which 
he  so  often  delineated  with  such  pathos,  such'  eloquence  and  such  power. 
Such  is  the  brief  histuiy  and  labors  and  death  of  that  venerable  servant  of 
God,  whose  ashes  lie  within  a  few  steps  of  where  I  this  day  stand. i;    Such 


-■■Rev.  Thon»;»s  CleiaiKl's  staleineiU  in  regard  to  the  Cane  Ridgo  meet..  :.  June, 
1801.  After  dose:  ibing  the  meeting  i:iil  making  sume  slateiiiint.s  about  tli  ' 'ailing 
Exeicises,"  &e.,  lie  adds:  "The  pre;i'  .ler  in  the  morning  \v  ^  my  old  favr  ■,  Rev. 
Robert  M  n'sl'.all.  He  oecupieJ  the  ;nd  wuile  anotiier  oer  . . .  ed  ihechui-  .  a  short 
distance  ap  at.  I  c'.iose  the  stand,  (•■  eour>e.  The  eongreg  t  i>n  was  imme.  ^  ■.  The 
text  was  V  iiticle.^  11.10:  'Rise  up  n  y  hive,  my  f  drone  <u  ;  come  away.'  In  tlie 
distance  tl.c  .^eriu  <n  my  easr  was  C:  cribed  exactly.  'J'he  ;  elier,  if  I  hk  ..•  .--o  say, 
'struck  the  rail'  of  my  experience  :.ime  distance  back,i.Ui!  came  on  philnei-  and 
plainer  an-'i  at  every  s  ep  more  se.  .'jly  and  with  moie  efV  i.  Atlengto  lie  came 
right  up  wi  .  me.  My  religious  sta  •  and  feelings  were  d  ;.i<-  cd  better  tb  :  ii  I  could 
have  possinly  done  it  myself.  'K  .  n  up  my  love'  was  "  .  sed  upon  i.u-  in  tlie 
tenderO'it  and   most  alieci  iftnate  ui    Jiner.    I  thought,  i.ul  it  was  tlic  iMavenly 

bridegroom  i.  lUing  and  inxiting  hi  ■  iDor.  feeli'.e  and  falUi"j  e  to  rise  fr>  -■  ly  low 
condition  a'  il  come  away  and  folhw  him  more  eutirel.v.  V  heart  was  i\  icd,  my 
bosom  heaNfd,  my  eyes  for  the  flrsi  ine  were  a  fountain  o  ieai"s."  *  *  Aiidthen 
fartheraloi^i;  in  t  e  narrativi- hea'?  '-:  "To  say  that  this  vvp- the  time  of  v.y  ehangc 
of  heart,  I  w  t  not.  I  hope  tliat  h  :  taken  pi  ice  before,  i  .ither  considered  this 
a  revival,  i  eiilargeit  m.mifestatio  ■  of  that  grace  Mliich  i  been  coniiunnic<ited 
to  me  b.'lu  .but  which  had  unde; -ne  much  ob,scnrit\  li  depres  ion."— Life  of 
Tliomas  ( '.<■     nd,  page  'A  et  ofi. 

tCuntr(>v.':sy  witli  Rev.  FredericJi.  A.  Ro.ss,  1S:«:  .\  few  r  .n  .s  before  the  death  of 
-  Rev.  Koljert  Marshall,  his  re|>ose  w\i  ;  rudely  disturbed  by  ,  >  Rev.  Fredrick  A.  Ross, 
who  stigmatized  him  as  "a  reclainu  d  apostate,"  but  he  v.  <  defended  x.  great 
.spirit  by  his  sons,  the  Rev.  James  ud  Samuel  V.  Mar.-ih  .Ii,  "who  spot  (  ,.  h  his 
enemies  in  the  gate."  He  deemed  i:  roper  to  take  up  the  pen  him  e  f,  and  ,  fished 
aa  acute  and  able  vindication.  "I  h  *ve  never  -seen  ,vou."  s.u  1  he,  "but  in  ne  you 
are  very  young  and  somewhat  impetuous,  as  I  once  was.  You  had  he  rehi  in, 
coolalittle,aiidpatieiHlystiidythoviewsof  theConfessioa  -  th  and  i-e      .eration.' 

So  far  as  rospeets  laith  the  writer  of  this  has  run  youreoi;.  ^  before  you.  Vvhen  I 
first  saw  your  views,  I  remember  t  hjive  -aid:  1  his  is  tlie  f.iiJh  I  held  almost  tlurty 
years  ag'..  *  *  I  am  now  old,  h  :- lelinquished  the  field  of  controversy  long  ago, 
in  wh'c;i  I  labored  painfully  lor  -  e  years  to  no  profit.  If  you  live  to  my  age  you 
will  p.obablesay  the  same."  Rev.  i  ?  ederick  A.  Ross  had  published  a  sermon  entit  le<l 
"Faith  According  to  Comtnnn  Sen  e,"\vuich  Mr.  .Mar^liall  pronounced  i»  reproduction 
of  the  "New  Light"  doctrne— "/(;«(•  nUt-  /ric/KvywKe.— Dwidson's  History  of  the 
I  reshyterian  Church  iu  Kentucky,  paije  U)7. 
JHe  is  luiried  in  B.-tiiel  ehure:iv;ird. 


20  BETHEL  CHURCH — MEMORIAL  SERMON. 


is  the  humble,  but  unfeigned  tribute  I  this  day  bring  to  his  memory- 
while  witli  bowed  head  I  exclaim  with  the  poet: 

"Soldier  of  Christ,  well  douol 

Praise  be  thy  new  employ; 

And  while  eternal  ages  run, 

Rest  in  thy  Saviour's  joy." 

REV.    SIMEON    II.    CRANK 

wa.s  employed  as  Stated  iSupjily  for  this  church  for  the  year  1830,  for 
two-thirds  of  his  time.  In  the  following  year  (1831)  he  accepted  an  agency 
from  the  General  Assembly,  and  ceased  to  preach  at  Betliel.  1  Iiave  not 
been  abU"  to  asci'itain  anything  about  his  subsequent  labors  and  deatl). 

REV.    ,1.    H.    LOGAN. 

In  tlic  yeai  \Ho2  the  Kev.  J.  H.  Logan  was  eniijloycd  as  Stated  Supply 
for  one  year.  He  continued  to  preach  until  December  14tli,  1836.  The 
church  was  then  vacant  for  nearly  two  years.  During  that  interval, 
occasionally  the  (ios))el  was  ]>reached  and  tlie  oi'dinances  of  tlie  cburcli 
adndnistered  by  Rev.  J.  Coons,  Rev.  ,J.  C  Stiles,  Rev.  X.  H.  Hall.  On 
tiie  liiith  March.  1838,  the  Rev.  J  H.  Logan  was  again  invited  to  resume 
his  labors  as  Stated  Supi)ly.  He  c;)iitiiuie<l  pn-aching  regularly  until  .lunc 
2i)tb,  bs')0,  making  in  all  a  ministry  to  this  church  of  sixteen  years. 
During  the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  J.  H.  I>;)gan  the  peace  and  liarmony  of 
the  church  was  at  times  seriously  disturlu'd,  l)Ut  l)y  the  exercise  of  the 
Episcopal  p'ower  of  Presbytery  these  ditticidties  vvere  adjusted.  Notwith- 
standing these  ditticulties  the  chiu'cb  grew  steadilv  in  nund)ers  and 
liberality.  When  Mr.  Logan  took  charge  of  this  church  there  were  on 
roll  a  membership  of  sixty-three,  and  when  he  resigned  that  number  had 
increased  to  \2'2.  He  died  January  1st,  18r)('),  iu  the  tifty-sev(>nth  year  of 
his  age,  in  full  faith  of  that  Saviour  he  so  often  preached  to  otheis.  He 
was  the  father  of  Rev.  James  V.  L  )gaii,  a  distinguishi'd  minister  of  the 
(rosjx'l,  who  now  occupies  a  i)rominent  position  as  jirofessor  in  Central 
University,  to  whicli  he  was  elected  liy  the  unanimous  vote  of  tlie  Synod 
of  Kentucky. 

During  the  year  IS.IO  the  Session  ma.le  uiisuecessfid  etloits  t.i  procure 
the  nunisterial  sei-\ict's  of  the  Rev.  R.  L.  Hit'ck,  Rev.  K.  (i.  Strahan  and 
Rev.  J.  C.  Barnes.  In  tlie  year  18.")1  they  succeeded  in  procuring  Re\ . 
James  H.  Dinsinore  as  Stated  Su|)ply  for  six  months.  At  the  exi)iration 
of  Mr.  Dinsmore's  time,  the  Session  intornialiy  in\it(d  the  Re\.  (Jeorge 
Van  Emman,  a  graduate  of  Danville  Semiiuny,  to  sup]»ly  the  pul]-it; 
which  lie  did  until  the  next  meeting  of  I'resbytery,  when  leave  was  given 
to  continue  his  labors.  He  continued  to  preach  until  some  time  in  May, 
lSo± 


BETHEL   CHURCH— MEMOKIAL  SEEMOX.  21 


REV.    STEPHEN   YERKES,  D.  D. 

Ou  the  1st  of  May,  1853,  the  Rev.  S.  Yerkes,  D.  D.,  commenced  his 
labors  as  Stated  Supply.  He  was  a  sound  and  faithful  preacher,  and  was 
much  beloved  bj-  the  whole  congregation.  This  is  the  record  made  by 
the  Session  of  this  church  at  the  close  of  Dr.  Yerkes'  ministrations. 

"Rev.  S.  Yerkes  having  been  elected  by  the  General  Assembly  of  1857 
to  fill  the  fourth  Professorship  in  Danville  Theological  Seminary,  resigned 
the  charge  of  this  church,  having  labored  here  as  stated  supply  since  the 
first  of  May,  1853." 

Dr.  Yerkes  is  at  this  time  Professor  in  the  Danville  Theological 
Seminary. 

REV.    MATTHEW   M'FEATTEBS. 

On  ;May  1st,  1858,  Rev.  ^Matthew  McFeatters,  a  graduate  of  DanvUle 
Seminary,  commenced  his  labors  as  Stated  Supply.  Ou  the  21st  of  August, 
1858,  he  was  regularly  called  as  pastor.  Presbyterj-  granted  him  the 
privilege  of  retaining  the  call  until  the  following  spring,  1859.  He  then 
declined  to  accept  it  and  ceased  to  act  as  Stated  Supply. 

He  is  still  living  and  preaching  the  Gospel  in  Osage  county,  Kansas. 

REV.    H.    H.    ALLEN. 

On  the  18th  of  June,  1859,  this  church  by  a  unanimous  vote  made  a  call 
for  the  pA^toral  services  of  R?v.  H.  H.  Allen,  a  licentiate  of  West 
Lexington  Presbytery  and  a  graduate  of  Danville  Seminary,  allowing 
him  the  privilege  of  teaching  school  in  the  bounds  of  the  congregation. 
Mr.  Allen  having  accepted  the  call  Avas  duly  ordained  and  installed  pastor 
of  this  church  He  continued  to  preach  and  also  to  teach  school  until  the 
13th  of  April,  1861,  when  his  health  failed  and  at  his  own  request  the 
pastoral  relation  was  dissolved. 

Mr.  Allen  is  a  ripe  scholar  and  .successful  teacher.  He  was  educated  at 
Center  College,  Danville,  and  took  the  highest  honors  of  the  noted  class 
of  1855.  He  was  a  laborious  student  and  a  sound  theologian  and  most 
excellent  preacher  of  the  Word.  He  has  since  preached  with  marked 
success  in  St.  Charles,  Missouri,  and  more  recently  in  Olivet  Church, 
Shelby  county,  Kentucky,  and  is  now  pastor  of  the  church  in  Princeton. 

REV.    M..  VANLEAR. 

In  May,  1861,  the  Rev.  Matthew  Van  Lear,  also  a  graduate  of  Danville 
Seminary,  commenced  preaching  at  this  church,  with  a  view  to  becoming 
their  pastor.  On  the  7th  day  of  September  fallowing  he  was  called  to 
become  pastor,  with  the  privilege  of  teaching  school  in  the  bounds  of  the 
congregation  if  he  so  desired.  Having  accepted  this  call  he  was  ordained 
and  installed  pastor  of  this  chinch  by  the  Presbytery  of  AVest  Lexington, 
September  18th.  1861. 


22  BETHKL   CHURCH — MEMOKIAI.  SEKMON. 

While  pastor  of  this  church  he  preached  as  stated  supply  to  the 
Woodford  church  for  about  two  years,  until  the  fall  of  ]H(J4.  At  that  time 
he  accepted  an  invitation  to  preach  one-half  of  his  time  to  the  Mt.  Horeb 
Church,  which  he  continued  to  do  for  about  eight  years.  In  April,  1873, 
the  pastoral  relation  between  him  and  Bethel  ('lunch  was  dissolved.  He 
was  pastor  here  for  ilearly  twelve  years.  He  is  now  pastor  of  the 
Winchester  Church. 

Mr.  VanLear  was  an  earnest,  zealous  and  faithful  i)reacher  of  the  gosjx'l 
and  was  greatly  beloved  by  the  members  of  this  chm-ch. 

REV.  W.  GEORGE,  PRESENT  PASTOR. 

In  May,  1878,  I  accepted  an  invitation  ti)  suiJi)ly  this  church  in 
connection  with  the  Mt.  Horeb  Church.  At  tliat  time  the  church  was  at 
a  very  low  ebb  and  much  discouraged,  having  but  thirty  members  on  its 
roll,  and  the  congregations  very  small.  iSoc.n  the  Lord  began  to  smile 
upon  our  joint  labors.  The  fruits  of  faithful  8abbath-,SchooI  teaching 
began  to  ripen;  the  congregations  increasetl  in  numbers;  the  piety  of  the 
church  attained  a  higher  standard,  and  manifested  a  greater  activity  in 
the  Master's  work.  8oon  a  deep  seriousness  pervaded  the  whole  church, 
and  God  was  pleased  to  open  the  windows  of  Heaven  and  ijour  out  such  a 
copious  reviving  shower  as  startled  and  staggered  the  stoutest  taith. 

During  a  meeting  of  about  three  weeks' continuance  in  tbi'  fall  of  1873, 
the  Holy  Spirit  moved  from  hou.se  to  house  and  heait  to  heart  until 
twenty-three  persons  old  and  young,  black  and  white,  declared  their  faitli 
in  Christ  and  were  added  day  by  day  to  the  church. 

And  so  a  regular,  steady  growth  has  gone  on  from  that  time  until  now — 
almost  every  communion  season  being  characterized  1  y  deep  seriousness 
and  the  ad(Uti()n  to  the  church  of  several  nuMnbers.  Tiie 
Records  show  a  membersbii)  ol  ninety-one  persons.  Thus  in  live  years 
more  tiian  trel)liiig  its  members. 

To  God  lie  all  llie  praise!  I  deem  it  i)roi)er  to  here  and  now  state  tliat 
I  have  received  tlie  hearty  co-operation  of  the  ofHce-btarers  in  tliisehurch, 
who  have  held  up  my  hands  and  cheered  my  heart  in  tlie  discbaigeof  my 
duties.  I  have  also  been  conUaily  and  alleetionately  received  in  my 
pastoral  and  social  visits  among  the  entire  mend)ei'slni)  and  in  the  wh(»]e 
neighborhood.  I  have  also  received  many  tokens  of  their  esteem  and 
regard— marked  favoi's  that  ^\ill  lie  long  and  grateriilly  remembeicd. 

l)K!*r('TU)XS    FROM    K()Ri;GorNG. 

Tlius,  then,  oflice-beari'rs  and  members  of  Old  Betiiel  Cbureli,  you  liave 
great  reason  to  feel  profoundly  thankful  to  (Jod,  wiio  has  from  time  to 
time,  for  a  period  of  ninety  years,   raised   up  and  sent  you  pastors  and 


BETHKL  OHUKCH— MEMOKIAI.  SERMON.  23 

teachers  to  proclaim  to  you  the  great  doctrines  of  tlie  gospel,  unfolding 
from  time  to  time  the  whole  scheme  of  salvation  and  using  only  the 
instrumentalities  of  God's  own  appointing. 

You  have  received  this  church  with  its  ordinances,  its  doctrines  and  its 
polity,  from  those  who  have  long  since  gone  to  their  reward.  See  to  it, 
then,  that  you  transmit  to  others  who  are  to  follow  you  the  same  old 
doctrines  of  grace,  the  same  old  plain  forms  of  worship,  the  same  old 
symbols  of  the  same  old  Scriptures,  and  thus  transmit  her  sacred  name 
untarnished,  her  garments  unstained,  her  faith  unpolluted. 

SYSTEMATIC   BENEVOLENCE. 

Owing  to  the  fact  that  the  Records  of  this  church  from  1789  up  to  1822, 
have  been  lost,  and  owing  to  the  additional  fact  that  at  intervals  in 
succeeding  years  the  Records  have  been  imperfectly  kept,  I  can  only  give 
a  relative  estimate  of  the  amount  your  forefathers  gave  to  God  as  part  of 
His  appointed  worship. 

They  contributed  to  the  following  causes  to-wit:  Foreign  and  Domestic 
Missions,  Education,  Publication,  Invalid  Fund,  C'olonization  Society, 
American  Bible  Society,  Ajnerican  Tract  Society,  Presbyterial  and 
Synodical  Funds  and  often  for  jNIiscellaneous  Purposes.  And,  besides 
all  this,  they  built  three  meeting  houses,  including  the  one  we  occupy 
to-day.  Taking  their  average  contrilaitions  for  all  purpi^ses,  at  say  $1,000 
per  year,  foi'  a  peried  of  ninety  years,  and  the  amount  is  $90,000. 

IjESSON   FKOlVr   FOREGOING. 

The  lesson  we  learn  from  this  is,  that  a  sacred  obligation  rests  upon  us 
to  consecrate  a  fair  and  just  proportion  of  oui-  worldly  substance  to  God, 
as  He  has  prospered  us,  as  a  part  of  His  w(n*ship  and  for  carrying  on  His 
church  at  home  and  abroad. 

No  church  has  ever  made  advancement  in  the  Divine  life  or  exerted  a 
powerful  influence  for  good  in  the  community  in  which  it  is  located,  when 
it  has  neglected  or  refused  to  fulfill  this  sacred  obligation  which  God 
himself  has-  made  an  essential  means  of  grace  for  their  sanctification. 

NUMBER  OF   CHILDREN    BAPTIZED. 

The  Records  of  this  church  show  that  from  1824  to  the  present  time,  192 
children  of  Itelieving  parents  have  been  baptized  in  Bethel  Church. 
Amongst  the  names  on  the  early  Records  are  Alexander  and  Montgomery' 
Vance,  children  of  the  widow  Vance;  Mary  Eliza  and  William 
Edward  Ghainbers,  children  of  Rachel  Chambers;  John  Bell  and  Alex. 
William  and  Lawson  Offutt,  cbildren  of  Henry  C.  and  Polly  Offutt; 
Robert  Nourse  Irwin,  son  of  John  M.  C.  Irwin;  Sarah,  INIargaret,  John 
Henry,  Martha  and  Susan  Rusk,  cliiklren  of  INIrs.  Ann  Rusk;  Eliza  Jane, 


iJ4  BETHEL   CHUKCH— MEMOKIAL  SERMON. 


daughter  of  James  and  Ann  Kelly;  Septimus  C.  and  George  Granville, 
sous  of  William  C.  Stevinson;  Sally  Ann  and  Augustus,  children  of  James 
Stevinson;  Franklin  Smith  Marshall,  son  of  the  widow  Polly  Marshall; 
James  Duncan  and  Benjamin  Cox  and  Willliam  ^tlatthewson  and  John 
Douglas  and  Samuel  Troup  and  Mary  Jane,  all  children  of  Henry 
Stevinson;  Margaret  Jane  and  James  Davis,  and  William  Robert,  and 
John  Thomi)son  and  Davidella  Marshall,  all  the  children  of  Sarah  Glass. 

To  this  list  many  others  might  be  added  did  time  permit.  Of  these,  192 
children,  almost  every  one  of  them",  as  far  as  known,  have  made  a  public 
profession  of  their  faith  in  Christ,  and  many  of  them  were  in  their  day 
conspicuous  for  their  exemplaiy  piety.  Especially  can  this  be  said  of 
Davidella  Glass,  who  was  raised  a  few  miles  from  here,  on  what  is  now 
known  as  the  Crenshaw  place.  She  became  the  wife  of  tl\e  Rex.  John 
D.  Matthews,  D.  D.,  and  died  October  l!9tli,  1875.  Many  in  this 
congregation  knew  her  well  and  all  will  unite  in  saying  that  she  was  tlie 
pride  and  ornament  of  the  circles  in  which  she  moved,  the  true  model 
Christian  woman,  soothing  the  sick,  cheering  the  dying,  and  exerting  an 
influence  upon  all  who  came  in  contact  with  her  by  the  buoyancy  of  her 
spirit  and  the  simplicity  of  her  life.  Truly  may  it  be  said  of  her  ''Being 
dead  she  yet  speaketh!" 

This  fact,  that  these  thus  consecrated  to  God  in  the  ordinance  of  His 
own  appointing,  is  another  proof  of  how  true  God  is  to  His  covenant 
promises  to  the  seed  of  believers  as  well  as  themselves  and  conlirming  the 
inspired  statement:  "Train  up  a  child  in  the  way  he  should  go  and  when 
he  is  old  he  will  not  depart  from  it." 

MEMBERS   RECEIVED   INTO   THIS   CHURCH   AND   DISMISSED   FROM   IT. 

Another  interesting  fact  is  gathered  from  the  Records  of  this  church  and 
it  is  strikingly  illustrative  of  the  workings  of  God's  Providence,  showiiig 
how  He  gathers  His  elect  sons  and  daughters  from  different  countries. 
States  and  neighborhoods  into  one  fold,  in  one  locality;  and  also  illustrative 
jf  how  again,  in  the  execution  of  His  .sovereign  i)urpose,  He  separates  and 
disperses  them  into  other  and  distant  localities. 

Since  the  year  1824  there  liave  been  received  tVoui  other  churches  in  our 
own  and  other  States,  .seventy-tinve  members,  a  hirge  i)i(»[K)i'tiou  of  wiiom 
have  gone  to  their  reward. 

During  tiu'  same  jx'riod  102  meml)ers  have  been  disnii.-^scd  to  churciies 
in  the  Presl)yteries  of  our  own  Coiumonweallh  and  to  othei' churches  in 
different  States. 

Thus  from  time  to  time  has  tliis  congregation  been  tliinned  by  the  tide 
wave  of  emigration.     But  those  dismissed  from  us  have  carried  with  them 


BETHEL  CHURCH— MEMORIAL  SEEMON.  25 

the  same  precious  doctrines  tliey  here  learned,  and  some  of  them  are 

to-day  scattering  the  seeds  of  gospel  truth  in  the  great  West. 

How  clearly  illustrative  of  the  Providence  of  God  in  gathering  his 

spiritual  children   for  a  time   into  one  fold   in  one  locality  and  there 

accomplishing  His  purposes  by  them,  and  then  again  dispersing  them  into 

other  folds  and  other  localities,  and  still  executing  His  own  sovereign 

purpose  through  them. 

Truly!  truly! 

"God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way 

His  wonders  to  perform." 
COLORED   MEMBERS. 

Another  interesting  fact,  worthy  of  commendation,  brought  out  in  these 
old  Records,  is  the  diligence  used  in  imparting  religious  instruction  to  the 
colored  people.  Tlie  Session  from  time  to  time  seems  to  have  exercised 
great  care  in  their  oversight  of  them,  and  to  have  encouraged  them  in 
attending  public  worship.  An  ususually  large  proportion  of  their  names 
are  on  the  roll  of  membership,  and  many  of  them  were  noted,  not  only 
tor  their  proficiency  in  religious  knowledge,  but  also  for  their  consistent 
Christian  conduct. 

THREE   CHURCH   EDIFICES   ERECTED. 

Three  edifices  for  public  worship  have  been  erected  upon  the  ground 
upon  which  we  stand  to-day.  The  first  was  a  log  house  which  covered  in 
part  the  ground  of  the  present  building.  The  second  was  a  brick  house, 
located  just  below  the  old  house,  about  six  feet.  The  present  building 
which  we  occupy  to-day  covers  about  twenty  feet  of  the  old  log  building 
and  was  erected  iu  the  year  1847,  and  cost  $3,000. 

REMODELING. 

In  the  spring  of  1817  this  congregation  manifested  a  liberality  and 
enterprise  worthy  of  commendation  in  remodeling  the  house  of  worship 
in  which  we  this  day  meet.  This  neat,  comfortable  and  beautiful  temple 
of  worship,  dedicated  to  the  Triune  Jehovah,  reflects  credit  upon  Wm.  S. 
Worsham,  the  architect  and  builder,  and  also  upon  the  Building 
Committee,  James  W.  Brooks,  Joel  H.  Marvin,  James  Griffith,  Pat 
Dolan,  and  Robert  Marshall,  but  especially  so  upon  Augustus  Payne,  who 
exhibited  such  good  taste  and  who  so  constantly  superintended  the  work. 
The  remodeling  and  repairing  and  fitting  up  cost  about  $1,500.  Of  course, 
I  need  not  say  that  the  ladies  of  this  church  and  conmiunity  who  are 
always  first  and  tbremost  in  every  good  work,  rendered  efficient  aid  in  all 
this.  With  skillful  hands  and  willing  hearts,  and  open  purses  they 
contributed  their  fair  and  just  proportion  Maj'  their  energy  and  zeal  and 
activity  never  wane. 


ij6  BETHEL,   CHIJUCH — ItfEMOKIAL  SEKMON. 

WOMEN   WHO   HAVE  GONE   TO  THEIR  REW^ARD. 

While  there  is  no  written  record  of  the  deeds  done  by  the  mothers  and 
daughters  of  Israel  who  have  long  since  gone  to  their  reward,  yet 
eternity  will  unfold  that  much  of  the  good  done  in  this  chinch  during  the 
whole  period  of  its  existence,  was  by  the  mother^  who  trained  such  sons 
and  by  the  faithful  wives  who  s^ustained  their  husbands,  and  by  the  loving 
.sisters  who  encouraged  their  brothers  in  every  good  word  and  work. 
Though  their  names  may  be  now  forgotten  on  earth,  yet  their  rec(jrd  is  on 
high  and  tlieir  deeds  shall  be  rememberetl  through  eternity.  May  they 
have  many  imitators  here  in  our  midst! 

iMEMBERSHIP   NEVER   EARGE. 

Tills  churcli  has  never  been  large  in  numbers,  though  powerful  for  good. 
Tlie  highest  number  of  members  ever  on  the  I'oll  at  one  time  was  122. 
This  was  in  the  year  1849.  And  the  lowest  number  was  26.  This  was  in 
the  year  1870.  At  tiiis  time  the  number  of  members  is  1U7.  And.the  total 
number  on  the  Session  Book  from  the  year  1822  to  present  time  is  427. 

In  view,  then,  of  God's  preserving  and  sustaining  mercies,  let  us  bow 
oar  heads  in  grateful  reverence  while  we  exclaim:  ''Ebenezer!  Ebenezer! 
hitheito  liath  the  Lord  helped  us!" 

SKASONS   OF    UEVIVAE. 

In  tlie  year  184tj,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  J.  H.  Log/in,  there  was  a 
l)recious  season  of  revival  in  this  cbiu'ch.  During  the  month  of  May  in 
that  year  the  following  persons  were  admitted  to  membership:  Cornelius 
Hohnan,  Esther  Carter  (colored  woman),  John  Thompson  Glass.  Agnes 
Catherine  Herriott,  Betsy  Ann  Stevin.son,  Mary  Jane -.Stevinson,  Sarah 
Stevinson,  Mary  Holman,  George  Washington,  James  H.  Crooks,  Dr. 
Edward  T.  Polk,  David  Glass,  Mary  Jane  Crooks,  James  Andrew 
Herriott,  Wm.  M.  Stevinson,  Elizabeth  Ann  Wingate,  James  Ke]l^■,  Jr., 
Epln-aim  H.  C'rooks,  Montgomery  Vance,  James  B.  Moore,  James  8mee 
Ely  ().  !-?mith,  John  D.  Stevinson,  Nathan  B.  Crane,  Carson  "Wingate, 
Pat  Dolan,  and  Alexander  Vance     27  persons  in  all. 

1873. 

Again  in  the  fall  of  1873  God  was  pleased  to  Ai.-iit  this  church  in  the 
reviving  power  of  His  Holy  Spirit.  During  a  sacramental  meeting 
protracted  for  nearly  three  weeks,  by  the  ])astor,  K(>v.  W.  (Tcorge,  nuieh 
seriousness  was  manifested  in  the  congregation  and  ('speeiahy  .so  among 
thcvoung.  From  day  today  this  became  de(-|)('r  and  deei)eruntil  it  reached 
all  the  youth  of  this  church  and  .some  aged  per.sous  and  many  colored 
people.  Borne  twenty-three  persons  were  addeil  to  th'j  church,  thus 
donblitig  the  menibei'ship      To  God  be  all  the  glory! 


BETHKL  CHVIiCH— MEMOKIAL  8KRMON.  27 

■  DEDUCTIONS   FROM  FOREGOING. 

This  retrospective  view  of  your  ehureh  during  the  ninety  years  of  its 
existence  brings  before  your  minds  occasions  of  sorrow  as  well  as  of  joy. 
It  has  been  a  period  of  marked  vicissitudes.  Many  seasons  of  spiritual 
depressions  have  occurred.  Twice  the  ploughshare  of  division  has  torn 
through  your  ranks;  but  God  has  preserved  you  as  His  covenant  people. 
Your  fathers  and  mothers  who  once  worshipped  here  are  gone.  The  old 
Records,  on  every  page,  in  black  lines,  tell  of  death's  doings  from  time  to 
time.  It  reads  thns:  "Departed  this  life  in  the  triumphs  of  a  living  faith 
in  Christ,  the  Stevinsons,.  the  Vances,  the  Deacons,  the  Officers,  the 
Marshalls,  the  Kenneys,  theMcConnells,  theDaughertys,  the  Dinwiddies, 
the  Chambers,  the  Logans,  the  Glasses,  the  OfFutts,  the  Kelleys,  the 
Morrises,  the  Herriotts,  the  Rusks,  the  Beaufords,  theLyles,  the  Fosters"— 
and  so  on  through  the  whole  book  we  find  that  one  after  another  has 
passed  away  Ah!  when  we  recall  the  names  of  our  loved  ones  gone, 
what  memories  throng  upon  us!  When  we  look  upon  our  broken  family 
circles  and  realize  that  those  with  whom  we  took  sweet  counsel  here,  are 
now  in  thepresence  of  Jesus,  beholding  His  glory  face  to  face.  The  very 
air  seems  to  be  filled  with  their  hovering  spirits,  and  their  faces  come  back 
to  us  brighter  than  ever  spiritualized  by  translation. 

And  when  we  think  that  we,  also,  after  a  few  years,  shall  join  their 
ranks  and  swell  their  chorus,  our  hearts  should  burn  with  gratitude  to 
Him  who  has  redeemed  us  and  washed  us  in  His  own  blood  and  made  us 
kings  and  priests  unto  God! 

PRACTICAL  AND   PKKSONAL   APPLICATION. 

My  unconverted  friends,  is  there  one  of  you  here  to-day  who  has 
relinquished  the  hope  of  Heaven  and  defiantly  resolved  to  wage  war  with 
God'!  If  so,  liere  and  now,  in  thepresence  of  that  God  whom  you  defy, 
ill  tlie  presence  of  this  assembly  who  bow  in  reverence  before  Him,  I 
solemnly  warn  you  that  the  course  you  are  pursuing  not  only  secures,  but 
hastens  your  eternal  destruclion.  Oh!  why  will  you  continue  the  work  of 
ruin?  Have  not  your  souls  stood  long  enough  in  jeopardy?  Every 
moment  you  are  multiplying  provocations  against  high  Heaven!  Every 
moment  you  are  despising  the  richness  of  God's  mercy!  Every  moment 
justice  pleads  with  louder  importunity,  cut  them  down!  cut  them 
down  while  mercy  with  feebler  voice  cries,  spare,  spare  a  little  longer! 
But  the  voice  of  mercy  will  soon  be  heard  no  more!  The  patience  of  God 
will  not  wait  forever!  His  spirit  will  not  always  strive!  A  hand's 
breadth  only  is  between  you  and  rhe  grave!  Death  is  already  at  your 
door,  ready  to  summons  you  before  the  tribunal  of  a  just  and  hol>'  God! 


28  BETHKL   CHUIJCH — MEMQKIAL  SEKMON. 


This  day  perverted  may  be  the  last  you  will  ever  see!  This  very  moment 
your  setting  sun  may  be  casting  its  beams  upon  the  mountains!  This 
solemn  call  from  God  neglected,  may  be  the  last  you  will  ever  hear  from 
Him!  Oh!  then,  by  all  the  joys  of  immortality!  By  all  the  sorrows  of 
eternal  death!  By  all,  the  mercies  of  God!  By  all  the  terrors  of  His 
wrath,  as  his  ambassador  I  beseech  you  to  be  reconciled  to  God  through 
His  Son,  Christ  Jesus. 

KINIS. 

1  have  faithfully  and  diligently  searched  through  the  old  Records  of  this 
church,  and  searched  through  all  records  and  histories  to  which  I  have 
had  access,  to  gather  materials  from  which  to  compile  a  true  and  correct 
history  of  this  church  for  a  period  of  ninety  years.  The  result  of  my 
labors,  which  have  been  arduous  and  made  doubly  so  by  the  pressure  of 
other  duties,  I  have  now  placed  before  you.  If  what  I  have  written  and 
now  placed  before  you  should  be  the  means  of  encouaging  the  surviving 
members  of  this  church  to  greater  diligence  and  activity  in  tlie  Master's 
work,  and  should  it  be  the  moans  of  carrying  conviction  to  a  single  soul, 
then  my  laboi's  will  not  have  been  in  vain. 

May  that  God,  the  Father,  who  devised  the  scheme  of  Redemption, and 
that  God,  the  Son,  who  consummated  that  scheme  in  His  own  blood,  and 
that  God,  the  Holy  Spirit,  who  seals  and  secures  all  the  benefits  of  it  to 
believers,  bless  you  one  and  all! 


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PRESENT  OFFICE-BEARKRS  IN  BJITHEL  CHURCH. 


Glass  Marshall, 
Patrick  Dolan, 

John  Heniott, 
A.  D.  Piatt, 


PASTOK. 

Rev.  W.  George. 

RULING    ELDERS. 


DEACOXS. 


Joel  H.  Marvin, 
Robert  Marshall. 

James  W.  Herriott, 
C.  B.  Williams. 


NAMES   OK    ALL  THE   RULING   ELDERS. 

William  Irwin,  John  M.  C.  Irwin, 

Thomas  Dinwiddie,  '       James  tStephensou, 

Henry  St-ephenson,  James  Kelley, 

Hugh  Foster,  William  C.  Offutt, 

Rol)ert  Marshiill,  Ephraim  Herriott, 

William  H.  Crooks,  Glass  Marshall, 

William  A.  Iavivv,  Joel  H.  Marvin, 


Patrick  Dolan, 


NAMES   OK    DEACONS. 


James  Kelley, 
W.  C.  Ottutt, 
Glass  Marshall, 
Alfred  D  Offutt, 
Dr.  E.  T.  Polk, 
Patrick  Dolati, 
A.  D.  Piatt, 
Charles  B.  Williams. 


Robert  Marshall. 

Benjamin  Windsor, 

W.  H.  Crooks, 

Edward  W.  Washington. 

John  Thompson  Glass, 

James  Smee, 

John  Herriott, 

James  W.  Herriott, 


;-!() 


BIOTJIKL,   CHURCH — MEMOKlAL  SKKMON. 


NAMES  OF  MEMBERS  IX  ALPHABETICAL  ORDER. 


Avcrill,  JU'hrc-ca, 
Alexander,  Maliiula,     - 
Auakci  (Colored ), 
Allen,  Silly,  (eolored), 

liarney,  L  .)uisa, 
Ijouuell,  Elizabeth  ^loore, 
Buford,  Henrietta, 
Bell,  Eliza  Ann, 
Bledsoe,  Nancy, 
BlaekWiirn,  I'hillis  (colored I 
Brewster,  John, 
Braddoek,  Joseph  S. 
Brown,  Mary  1*>. 
Brown,  lv;'hc-cca. 
Beatty,  Jane, 

Biilloek,  Samuel  (colored), 
BcU'kner,  Lizzie  (c,)lored), 
Brooks,  Sanuiel, 
Brooks  Annit'  IN! 
Beaiiford,  Martlia, 
i>yi'nes,  I'V'lix, 

C'lianil);'rs,  R  >!.nid, 
Chanibers,  Mrs.  William, 
("hambLM's,  William, 
Camiib.-li,  Tliomas  P. 
Chaml)ers,  Th.):nas, 
('r.)i)ks,  Wm.  II. 
( 'oinbs,  M  n'iah  ((m1oi'c(1), 
Carter,  I'^lher  (ei)lored ), 
('roo!v?<,  Mary  .J.ine, 
Crane,  Natiian  1>. 
Carter,  William  (colored), 
Christian,  Mary  Jane, 
(;rook<,  -Mary  C. 
Co!)per,  W.  1>. 
Coleman,  Mary  (calored), 


Alexandt'r,  lOliza, 

Alexander    ^lay, 

Alexander,  Milion, 

Ann,  (colored  woman  ol'Mt)rrlsj. 


B. 


Byrnes,  Lnlie, 

Bird,  Nancy, 

Bell,  John,  H. 

Bell,  James  F. 

Blackburn,  Moses  (colored), 

Blackburn,  Fanny  (colored), 

Brew.ster,  ^Irs. 

Brown,  James, 

Bullo.-k,  Thomas  W. 

IJrown,  Mary  Jane, 

l>urns,  James  H. 

Buclianan,  Martha  C. 

Bullock,  Susan  (colored  i, 

Brooks,  James  M. 

Brooks,  James  AV. 

Bartlett.  (c.)lored  man  of  Irwin  i, 

Br.)  )ks,  Marv  Banks 


C. 


Chambers.  Alartha, 
ChanduM's,  IJaclu'l, 
Chambers,  Xancy, 
Cluunbers,  ( 'a'heriiie, 
Campbell,  I'^liza  Jane, 
Crooks,  Matilda, 
( "artt-r,  Oeor.n'c  (colored  i, 
Cro;i   s,  Janu's  1 1. 
Crooks,  Fphi-aim  II. 
Culbei'lson,  Martha, 
Coml)s,  M  u'y  .\nn  ic  )lored), 
Ci'ooks,  Isabella, 
Crv)oks,  Marjiaret  E. 
Crooks,  W.  L. 


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Doiit^lu'ity,  James, 
D.di.nlierty,  Harriett  Ann, 
Dougherty,  C'atlierine, 
Dimean,  Colin, 
Diiiwiddie,  Tlionias, 
Downey,  Franeis, 
J)rake,  P^dnioud, 
Dougherty,  Ann  L. 
Douglierty,  Catlierine, 
Douglierty,  Elizabeth  D. 
Duiiniore,  Robert  (e(il()red) 
Dolan,  Fiunue, 
Dolan,  John, 
Duvall,  JNIartha  {colored), 

Eumions,  Eliza, 
Eblin,  I'ruilenci', 

Foster,  Hugh, 
F(tster,  ^lary  Jane, 
Fields,  :Milly  i colored), 

Glass,  Sarah, 
(rlass,  Eliz:i  Ann, 
Glass,  Margaret  J. 
(Haiss,  :\farv  S. 
(Hass,  Davidella  M. 
Glass,  John  Thompson, 
Green,  ^Margaret  H. 
Gritlith,  Adriana, 

Holland,  Jane, 
Herriott,  E[>hraim, 
Herriott,  John,  Sr. 
Herriott,  Jane, 
Herriott,  Eleanoi', 
Herriott,  Zebulon  P. 
Herriott,  John,  Jr. 
Henderson,  W.  H 


D. 

Dougherty  ^Nlary  Ann, 
Dougherty,  William  M. 
Daplme,  (colore<l), 
Duncan,  Kitty, 
Drake,  Francis, 
Douglierty,  Darkey  (colored), 
Drake,  Eliza, 
Dougherty,  William, 
Dcnigiierty,  Robert  M. 
Dolan,  Patrick, 
Dolan,  Susan, 
Dolan,  Joseph, 
Duumore,  Henry  (colored). 
Dun  more,  Lettie  (colored). 
E. 
Eblin,  John  P. 

F. 

Foster,  Elizabeth, 
Foster,  Martha  Ann, 
Fowler,  Irene  (colored), 
G. 
Glass,  I\uiline, 
Glass,  Catherine  Sanderson, 
Glass,  Rose  (colored), 
(^lass,  Mary  M. 
(lireen,  Anderson  J. 
Glass,  David, 
(Jritilitii,  .Fames  L. 
(jreen,  William  (colored), 

H. 

Holmes,  .lames  F. 
Herriott,  Eleanora  L. 
Herriott,  Hannah, 
Herriott,  Lavinia, 
Herriott,  Emarine, 
Herriott,  Mary  Ann, 
Herriott,  Isabella  ('. 
Herriott,  Margaret  A. 


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BKTHKL   CHUKCH — MEMOKIAL  SEKMON. 


H  erriott,  Lueindii  J . 
Heniott,.  Catlieiine  A. 
Herriott,  James  Aiulivw, 
Hen  (iersoii ,  M  a  rj?a  i-ct , 
Herriott,  Sarali  K. 
Hern,  lloi-ert, 
Heniott,  John,  .Sr. 
Herriott,  Uosa  B 
Ho.stetter,  James  T. 
Herriott,  James  A. 
Herriott,  Mattie  lies, 
Herndon,  Anna, 
Hoatetter,  Willie  V. 
Herriott,  B   i'\ 
Herriott,  B   Fithiaii, 
H(JUsiton,  iStepheii  J^ee, 
Herriott,  Joliii  O'li.iry, 
Hyatt,  Wiiliam, 

Irwin,  William. 
Irwin,  John  M.  C. 
Irwin,  Fannie, 
Irwin,  C  ■atherine  R. 
Irwin,  Julia  (colored), 
Irwin,  Maltha  Jane, 

Jackson,  Herriott, 
J(»hnson,  Flore;. ce  B. 
Jane  May  i colored) 


Holman,  Cornelius, 
Holnian,  Mary, 
Henderson,  James  \V. 
Herriott,  Mrs.  Joy  (wife  Z.  P. j, 
Henderson,  Margaret  Eliza, 
Hern,  Sarah, 
Herriott,  Emarine, 
Hathaway,  Nancy, 
Herriott,  Luvinia  Alice, 
Herriott,  Virginia  ('. 
Herriott,  Mollie  F. 
Herriott,  Florence  J. 
Herriott,  G.  (iluthrie, 
Herriott,  James  \V. 
Heenly,  Emily  (colored), 
liope,  Bettie, 
Herst,  Bryan. 


1. 

Irwin,  Catherine, 

Irwin,  Martlia, 

Irwin,  Eleanor  E. 

livine,  James  (colored), 

Irwin,  .Stephen, 

Irwin,  Cliarles  M. 
J. 

Jone^,  Thomas  (colored), 

Julia  (coloied). 


Keniiey,  'I'homas, 
Kelley,  Ann, 
Kyle-   Mary, 
Kelley.  James,  Jr. 
Klo])!!,  .lohn, 

I/iird,  Samuel, 
Laial,  Lavira, 
Logan,  Mary, 
Lyle,  Sarah, 


Keniu'y,  Martha, 
Kelley,  James, 
Kelley,  Eli/a  J. 
Kvle,  Eli/a  Ann. 


li. 


Linn,  Mis.  .Vdam. 
Logan,  Verliiida, 
Ijogaii,  Jane, 
L.-.ckland.  John, 


BETHEL  CHURCH — MEMORIAL  SERMON. 


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Logan,  Mary, 
Laird,  Catherine, 
Lyle,  John, 
Logan,  Amanda, 
Logan,  Hettie  Townsley, 
Litle,  Mary, 
Logan,  Eliza  Jane, 
Logan,  Zillah  F. 
Logan,  Esther  (coh>red), 
Logan,  Margaret  R. 
Lewis,  Harriet, 
Lewis,  Catherine, 
Lewis,  Pauline, 
Lewis,  Scxrali  M. 
Logan,  Mrs.  R.  B. 
Logan,  Annie  E. 
Logan,  Caddie, 
Logan,  George  Chambers, 
Logan,  Horace, 
Logan,  Hattie  F. 

Marshall,  Elizabetii  (wife  Rev.  R.) 

Morris,  Martha, 

Morris,  David, 

Marshall,  Betsy  Glass, 

Marshall,  Mary  (wife  Wm.) 

Morris,  Susan  C*. 

Morris,  Julia  Ann, 

Morris,  Wesley, 

Morris,  Robert  A. 

Menor,  Matilda  (colored), 

Moore,  Mrs.  Sarah, 

Moore,  Jaines  B. 

Miller,  Betsy  (colored), 

Moore,  Elizabeth  i  wife  Thornton), 

Morris,  David  C. 

Mary  (colored), 

Marshall,  Rev.  James  L. 

Marvin,  Sarah  M. 

Marshall,  Roberta  L. 


Lackland,  Mrs.  John, 
Long,  Elizabeth, 
Lyle,  Sarah  J. 
Laird,  Elizabeth, 
Lemon,  Mary, 
Logan,  James, 
Logan,  Abigail  R. 
Lightfoot,  Hatley  (colored), 
Logan,  Mary  V. 
Lewis,  Mrs.  Pauline, 
Lewis,  Mi»s  Pauline, 
Lewis,  Charles  B. 
Lewis,  George  J. 
Leavy,  W.  A. 
Leavy,  Mary  Ann, 
Logan,  Ella, 
Logan,  R.  Seymour, 
Lewis,  George, 
Lewis,  Charles, 
Lowery,  Maggie. 


M. 


Morris,  Hannah, 
Marshall,  Sarah  B. 
Marshall,  Robert,  Jr. 
Moses,  M.  (colored), 
Maddox,  Wm. 
Maddox,  Sarah  M. 
Marshall,  Mary  Ann, 
Marshall,  Glass, 
Milly  (colored). 
Morrow,  Sanmel, 
Morrow,  Ann, 
Marvin,  Joel  H. 
Morris,  Elizabeth  H. 
Marshall,  Maiy  W. 
Marshall,  Robert, 
Marshall,  Mary  (colored;, 
Marshall,  Bettie  G. 
Marshall,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  C. 
Marvin,  Charles, 


■M 


BIJTHEL    CilUUCirl— MiJMOKiAl.   .SEKMUM. 


Martin,  W.  T, 
McDonnell,  James 
:Mcr()iinell.  Isaiah, 
Mf(jriiirt',  Raehael, 
MeRoberts,  Elizabctii, 
McClure,  Jane, 
Mc'Clure,  Martlia, 

NueUols,  Sarali  M. 
Xuekols,  Mary, 

Ottioer,  JaiUL'.s, 
Officer,  Jane, 
Ottieer,  Jaines  B. 
Officer,  Jane, 
Offutt,  Alfred  D. 

I'liillips,  Mrs. 

Patterson,  Mary, 

1 'at tun,  Otis, 

Patton,  Eliza, 

Polk,  Rnth  J. 

Polk,  Dr.  K.  T. 

Payne,  Martha  (euloredj, 

Payne,  Rettie, 

Payne,  Thomas  W 

Peck,  Mary  Lou, 

Kusk,  Ann, 
Robinson,  Mary, 
l{ose  (colored), 
Ru.-k,  Mary  Ann. 
Risk,  .John, 
Kisk    Amanda  I). 
Kobinson,  Alexan<ljr, 
Kisk.  John  H.anu'y, 
Kussfll,  Mariah  (colored), 
Kosftta,  (coloied), 
liaid^iii,  Li/zie  (colore<l  i, 
Hinkin,  Aichie  (colored  i, 
Jiamtey,  Lay  ton, 


Morris,  Conner  D. 
Martin,  Susan, 
McKnight,  Jane, 
McGuire,  JanKs, 
McCluie,  Margaiet, 
McLlure,  Nathan, 
McC  lure,  Nancy. 
N. 
Neal,  Thurston  (colored), 
Neal,  (leorge  (coloi'ed). 

O. 

Oftutt,  Henry  ('. 

Otiiitt.  Mary  C. 

Oftutt,  W.  C. 

Ottlitt,  Melissa, 

Oftutt,  Elizaljcth  ('. 

P. 
Parker,  W'm.  ^  colored  ), 

l^iirker,  Esther  (colored), 
Phoebe,  Aunt  (colored), 
Patterson,  Samuel  L. 
Polk,  Sarah  H. 
Patterson,  Jane, 
Payne,  Augustus, 
)\iyne,  Nancy, 
Piatt,  A.  1). 
Piatt,  Daniel  Augustus. 

R. 
Randolph,  Mo.^cs, 

Jiandolph,  Saiah, 
Robinson,  Samuel.  Sr. 
Robinson,  Mrs.  Mary, 
Risk,  Susan, 
Risk,  William, 
RisU,    Kllen, 
Risk.  HettieAnn, 
Rodgers,  Madison, 
Ramsey,  Luc\ , 
Ramsey,  l^ewis   Si'. 
Ramsey,  Lewis,  Jr. 
Rauisey,  Nannie, 


BKTHEL  OllUKCH— MJiMOKlAL  «EKMON. 


Stephenson,  Robert, 
Stephenson,  Mrs. 
.Stephenson,  Mary, 
Stephenson    Mrs.  Wm. 
Stephenson,  James,  Sr. 
Stephenson,  Jane, 
Stephenson,  Henry, 
Stephenson,  W.  O. 
Stephensoii,  Mrs.  VV.  C. 
Stephenson,  ElUott, 
Stephenson,  Ehza  Jane, 
Steplienson,  Fleming, 
Stephenson,  Harriet, 
Smee,  Margaret, 
Sarah  (colored), 
Sniee,  Emaline, 
Smee,  Mrs.  Margaret  J. 
Stewart,  Henry  C. 
Steel,  Sarah  T. 
Staftbivl,  Ja(^kson, 
Scott,  John  ^(•olol•ell), 
Spotts,  John  Henry  (colored), 
Shore.>,  Janu's  (colored), 
Smith,  Morrison  A. 
Smee,  James,  Jr. 

Tandy,  Milly  ( colored >, 
I 
Vance,  James, 
Vance,  Margaret, 
Vandegraff,  Mary  H. 
Vance,  Jane, 
Vance,  Montgomery, 
Vcince,  Alexander, 
Vance,  .lane, 

White,  Sidlie, 
Washington,  Edward  S- 
Washington,  Letti?  Dun  more. 


S. 

Self,  Mrs   Pre.ssley, 
Seroggan,  Widow, 
Stewart,  John, 
Sharp,  Malinda, 
Smee,  Jane, 
Smee,  James, 
Smith,  Eli  O. 
Sprake,  Elizabeth, 
Saint  Clair,  Wm.  Payne, 
Steven sor^  Wm.  M.,  Sr. 
Stevenson,  John  D. 
Stevenson,  James  D. 
Stevenson,  Betsy  Ann, 
Stevenson,  Sarah, 
Stevenson,  John  B. 
Stevenson,  Marj^  Jane. 

Stevenson,  Wm.  M.,  Jr. 

Sprake,  Susan  G. 

Sprowle,  Evaline, 

Sprowle,  Rosa, 

Stone,  Oliver, 
•  Stone,  Miss  Leon  a, 

Stone,  Mrs  Oliver, 

Stemmons,  A.  B. 

Steven.son,  Jamch. 
'1'. 

Tiindy,  Phoebe  ( colored) . 
V. 

Vance,  Mary  S. 

Vance,  Ann, 

Vandegraff,  Cornelia, 

Vandegraff,  Jane, 

Vance,  Alexander, 

Vance,  Montgomery, 

W. 

Wind.sor,  Benjamin, 
Windsjr,  Margaret, 
Washington  Elizabeth,, 


3ii 


iiKVHKL    C'HUUCH — MKJMUKIAL   SICKMO^. 


Washington,  Ann  Elizabeth, 
Was'hington,  Eliza betli  8. 
Wai^ijington,  Joseph  H. 
Walker,  Sarah  (colored), 
Washington,  George, 
Wingate,  Cannon, 
Wilkerson,  John  (eolorod), 
W^illianis,  Ann  Secoggins  (colored), 
Willoughby,  Mary  Jane, 
Willonghby,  Harmon. 
Willoughby,  Mrs.  E. 


Washington,  Verlinda  A. 
Wilkinson,  Kachel  (colored), 
Washington,  George  (colored\ 
Wingate,  Francis, 
Wingate,  Elizabeth  Ann, 
Williams,  Charles  B. 
Williams,  Annie  D. 
Ward.  John  Sherrill, 
Ward,  W.  Trowbridge, 
Willoughby,  William. 


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